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How many states decided to leave from the union?
Eleven
Why would the election of Lincoln in 1860 cause southern states to leave the union?
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
Were the southern states confederate or union?
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
Why didn't northerners allow southern states to leave the union?
Because they regarded the Union as sacred - also they didn't want to lose the cotton revenues.
What was the northerners reason for fighting?
Primarily to keep the Union together and not let the States split. The Union (or the North) beleived that the Southern States did not have the right to leave the Union. That point of law has been debated for a long time.
Why did the southern states threaten to leave the union?
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
How many states decided to leave the union?
Eleven
How many states decided to leave from the union?
Eleven
What is the civil War is mostly about?
The US Civil War was about many things. The politicians of the Northern states and the Southern states disagreed on issues such as slavery, tariffs, treaties, etc. The Southern states decided they could no longer work with the Northern states, and announced they were leaving the Union. The Northern states told them they could not leave (Secede). The Southern states decided to kick the Union military out of the South, and attacked Ft. Sumter in South Carolina. Game on.
The decision by the southern states to leave the union was called?
It is secession
What do you call the action taken by eleven southern states to leave the union?
Secession.
Why did the eleven southern states believe they had a right to leave the US?
They did have the right to leave the union, it says so in the constitution.
Why would the election of Lincoln cause the southern states to leave the union?
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
Why would the election of Lincoln in 1860 cause southern states to leave the union?
The southern states made the assumption that Lincoln would make slavery illegal.
Were the southern states confederate or union?
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
What was the major reason that led to the civil war?
States rights and the fact that Lincoln refused to allow the southern states to leave the union.
What does it mean to leave or separate from organization such as a nation or the United State?
You may be thinking of "secession"-- the verb is "to secede." During the civil war, a number of southern states decided to secede from the Union and form the Confederacy.
