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What Southern state was to leave the Union?
South Carolina seceded on December 20th 1860.
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.
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.
What year did the southern states secede from the union?
The first state to secede was South Carolina in December 1860. The last to leave the Union was North Carolina in May 1861.
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.
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 southern state leave the union when Lincoln was elected president?
South Carolina
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.
What Southern state was to leave the Union?
South Carolina seceded on December 20th 1860.
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 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.
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.
What year did the southern states secede from the union?
The first state to secede was South Carolina in December 1860. The last to leave the Union was North Carolina in May 1861.
Which was Abraham Lincoln and major aim in the Civil War?
His whole emphasis was to not allow the southern states to leave the union. He felt if he did that the union would never come together again.
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.
