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What were the specific events of the 1850s that led to the secession of the southern states?
1850 - the new Compromise which had to appease the South with the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways. This caused a highly emotive reaction in the North.
1854 - the attempt to organise a local vote to decide whether Kansas would be slave or free. This led to intimidation and bloodshed, foreshadowing the Civil War.
1857 - the verdict of the Supreme Court over a slave claiming his freedom. They invoked the Constitution, ruling that a man's property was sacred and slaves were property. This appeared to mean that there was no such thing as free soil.
1859 - the raid on the Government arsenal at Harper's Ferry by John Brown. This gave the abolitionists a bad name and raised tensions nationwide.
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How many events led to the secession of southern states?
when Lincoln was elected president
What does secession from the southern states means that?
separating from the southern states to go on your own.
What was the immediate cause of the secession of southern states before the civil war?
Well slavery was a big part of the southern secession.
What was the biggest point of disagreement between the Northern states and the Southern states after the Civil War?
The biggest point of disagreement between the Northern and Southern states after the Civil War was secession. The Southern states did not accept the fact that secession goes against the constitution.
Who supported the secession of the southern states from the union?
Jefferson Davis
