Because they felt there was a sanctity about it, enshrined by the Constitution.
More urgently, they wanted to save the cotton revenues, which were over half the exports of the USA.
The North and South were arguing about the existance of slavery, and Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He was anti-slavery, and abolishing slavery would destroy the South's slave based economy (cotton). They seceeded from the Union to keep their slaves.
During the American Civil War, the Union's fundamental goal was to preserve the 'indissoluble union' of the United States of America. As the war progressed, the basic goal for the North widened to include the abolition of slavery.
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virgina, Tennessee, Kentucky
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.
The north was known as the Union. It was the north that did not want the states to be separated.
the north wanted slavery to end in the south, they also wanted to preserve the union(keep the union united)
The north didnt want the country to separate
They seceded from the Union because they did not want to lose the slaves that the plantation owners had. Thus, they seceded from the Union to keep them from losing their slaves.
To maintain parity with the North, as more new states entered the Union.
To retain the vast cotton revenues. Also for the sanctity of the Union.
The southern states thought they had a good reason with the issue of states rights. Lincoln's reason was to keep the union together. He didn't want war, but he wasn't given a choice after Ft. Sumter.
The North and South were arguing about the existance of slavery, and Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He was anti-slavery, and abolishing slavery would destroy the South's slave based economy (cotton). They seceeded from the Union to keep their slaves.
Because the South wanted slavery but in the North didn't want slavery.
During the American Civil War, the Union's fundamental goal was to preserve the 'indissoluble union' of the United States of America. As the war progressed, the basic goal for the North widened to include the abolition of slavery.
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virgina, Tennessee, Kentucky
Texas