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What was a theory used by the southern states in 1861 to justify separating from the Union?

They said the original United States had been formed voluntarily, and that the member-states were free to quit the Union if they wanted.


How did southerner's justify secession?

They justified secession with the theory of states' rights.


What theory did southerns use to justifty secession?

The theory used by southerners to justify the secession of the southern states is that the states voluntarily entered into a union with each other, and should be able therefore to voluntarily withdraw from that union should they so desire, particularly since nothing in the US constitution states that the union is irrevocable.


What did southerners justify the theory?

Southerners often justified the theory of states' rights and the institution of slavery by arguing that the Constitution allowed states to govern themselves and make their own laws. They claimed that slavery was a necessary economic system that benefited the Southern economy and society. Additionally, many used pseudoscientific theories and cultural arguments to assert that African Americans were inferior and that slavery was a benevolent institution. This justification was deeply rooted in a desire to preserve their way of life and economic interests during the antebellum period.


What was the theory of states rights in support of secession?

The Theory of States Rights states that the rights of the state supersedes those of the nation, that the state is part of the Union of its own will and may secede from it when it pleased.

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What was a theory used by the southern states in 1861 to justify separating from the Union?

They said the original United States had been formed voluntarily, and that the member-states were free to quit the Union if they wanted.


How did southerner's justify secession?

They justified secession with the theory of states' rights.


What theory did southerns use to justifty secession?

The theory used by southerners to justify the secession of the southern states is that the states voluntarily entered into a union with each other, and should be able therefore to voluntarily withdraw from that union should they so desire, particularly since nothing in the US constitution states that the union is irrevocable.


What theory does not emphasize duties and rules or the consequences of actions?

The theory that the ends justify the means?


Belief in the Domino Theory would most likely lead a person to support?

The Domino Theory was a political hypothesis used to justify intervention in the Vietnam War. The theory states that if one country fell to communism, then the surrounding countries would also fall to communism.


How did the domino theory justify the war in Vietnam?

it justified it because NATO didnt want communism in all of southern Asia.What we belived was that if we did nothing, communism would go through Asia and eventually the world.


What theory was used to justify claims of racial superiority?

its actually social Darwinism :)


What was the theory of social Darwinism often used to justify?

formation of business monopolies


Domino theory in a sentence?

The domino theory was used by successive U.S. administrations during the Cold War to justify American intervention around the world.


How did Eisenhowner's domino theory express the basic assumptions of American cold war?

The domino theory was promoted at times by the United States government and speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. The domino theory was used by successive United States administrations during the Cold War to justify the need for American intervention around the world.


Theory used by many in the US to justify US involvement in Southeast Asia is known as the?

social Darwinism


How did Moseley discover the atomic theory?

Moseley was the first to clear and scientifically justify in 1913 the atomic number studying X-ray spectra of chemical elements. But Moseley hadn't a personal atomic theory, he was not the discoverer of the atomic theory.