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They claimed that the USA had started as a voluntary federation of states, and that any of them could leave when they chose.

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Why did the southern states believe states believe they had the right to secede from the union?

They believed that their rights, society and economy was endangered by Lincoln's election. They saw the only way to preserve themselves was to secede.


Who did not believe states had the right to secede but did nothing to prevent their doing so?

James Buchanan


Why did the southern states believe they had the right to secede from the union from the?

They believed that their rights, society and economy was endangered by Lincoln's election. They saw the only way to preserve themselves was to secede.


Who did not believe states had the right to secede but did nothing to prevent doing so?

The North during the Civil War area did not think the South should secede however did nothing to prevent it.


Why dud the southern states believe they had the right to secede from the union apex?

The nation was formed by an agreement that new states had not met.;) NJR11 @Nelsonrnjr11-insta


What are argument that individual states have the right to secede from the Union?

Because of the innate soverignty of states, each one has the right to disagree with the central government and secede if it so votes.


Why did the southern states have the right to secede?

The Declaration of Independence.


Do you think states have the right to secede?

No they do not. We are a united nation.


What did Abraham Lincoln believe was important for the US?

LIncoln's first goal was to preserve the union of the United States. He did not accept the right of any state to secede from the union.


Declared that the Southern states did not have a constitutional right to secede?

president lincoln


Who declaredthe southeran states did not have a constitutional right to secede?

Abraham Lincoln


Did the south have the right to secede from the US?

The southern states certainly believed they had the right to secede, but most of the northern states disagreed. The question was answered by a sort of trial-by-combat called the American civil War.Because the Confederacy lost the war and the Union was preserved, it turned out that no state had the right to secede without Congressional approval.