Some southern states succeeded away from the Union over the fact of slavery. 1 Southern states broke away from the Union 2 Confederate cannons bombarded Fort Sumter
The election of Lincoln in November 1860, and his refusal to allow any extension of slavery.
It was the Southern states that 'formed separately' by breaking away as the Confederacy. The North was what was left. They didn't call themselves the North. They called themselves the Union.
The invention of the cotton-gin. This made cotton so profitable that Southern farmers began to calculate that they could break away and form a separate nation.
The invention of the cotton-gin. This made cotton so profitable that Southern farmers began to calculate that they could break away and form a separate nation.
Lincoln's electon win in 1860 on a ticket of no new slave-states. This meant that the South would always be outvoted in Congress, which would tend to pass laws favourable to the North at the expense of the South.
Some southern states succeeded away from the Union over the fact of slavery. 1 Southern states broke away from the Union 2 Confederate cannons bombarded Fort Sumter
The election of Lincoln in November 1860, and his refusal to allow any extension of slavery.
It was the Southern states that 'formed separately' by breaking away as the Confederacy. The North was what was left. They didn't call themselves the North. They called themselves the Union.
The United States is a union created by the original 13 states. Perhaps because they were not as united anymore, if the South was attempting to break away from the Union.
The first state to break away from the United States was South Carolina.
It was Robert E Lee. Lincoln wanted him to be the general for the north but he slipped away and ended up in the south.
The north and the south. The north was against slavery, and the south was for it.
The Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America seceded from the United States of America and lasted from 1861 to 1865. It consisted of 11 Southern states that believed slavery was okay. During the time that their government lasted the United States Civil War was raging. The South was fighting for their freedom and for continuity of slavery. The North was fighting for the emancipation of slavery. The Southern states surrendered to the North in April 1865 and the Confederate States of America dissolved.
The Confederate States of America.
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People from the southern rain forests raided Mali's southern boarder