It's because they wanted to be independent and wanted more power.
They disagreed with other states about slavery. Some wanted it so badly and other thought highly against it. Because of their differing opinions, some states wanted to secede.
An agreement to end slavery immediately
Because the South wanted slavery but in the North didn't want slavery.
because they didn't like the north's laws. The north didn't want slavery, and the south really depended on it on their plantations. Then they fought the civil war, and the north gained the CSA back.
The two sides that fought in the Civil War were called The Union and the Confederacy. The Union was primarily located in the Northeast United States and wanted to keep the Southern states in the Union. Later in the war they would support the emancipation of the slaves The Confederacy was located in the South and support secession from the Union and the continuation of slavery.
More rights for former slaves
No - he can not even let states leave the union if decide they want to secede.
Because they regarded the Union as sacred - also they didn't want to lose the cotton revenues.
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virgina, Tennessee, Kentucky
Because they didn't believe in slavery strongly enough to want to break up the Union.
Because they didn't believe in slavery strongly enough to want to break up the Union.
Calhoun believed in states rights above all. He espoused the doctrine of nullification which meant that states could nullify or reject Federal Laws they did not want to obey. He also thought states had the right to leave the federal union if they wished.
Texas
The seceding states left the union due to issues over states' rights and slavery. Also, general differences in the people and economy (North was much more industrial than the South) led to the eventual seccesion of the South.
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The question of a state legally leaving the union is a complex and contentious issue. The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly address secession, and the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White (1869) that states cannot unilaterally secede. Any attempt by a state to leave the union would likely need to be resolved through a combination of constitutional amendment and negotiation.
They did not want Lincoln as their president because he wanted to end slavery.