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Subject: Why did the Southern States of the U.S. seceded?

I know the main focus was slavery and the fact that Lincoln didn't win in a single Southern State, but was there more to it than that?

Could Americans please elaborate?

  • 12.05.2012 5:46 PM PDT

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States' rights.

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Posted by: Sgt Mag1
States' rights.

  • 12.05.2012 5:47 PM PDT


Posted by: Sgt Mag1
States' rights.

As the OP says, could you please elaborate?

  • 12.05.2012 5:48 PM PDT

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States rights, the south didnt like Lincoln so they planned on to secede.

  • 12.05.2012 5:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sgt Mag1
States' rights.

As the OP says, could you please elaborate?
Sure

  • 12.05.2012 5:49 PM PDT
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It was largely about slavery. They had a 'good' thing going for them, they didn't want to give something up that was so beneficial to them - which was slavery.

  • 12.05.2012 5:50 PM PDT

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The south wanted state government, instead of federal gov

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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of life was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves.

  • 12.05.2012 5:53 PM PDT

Because they where inferior to the smarter, northern states. They were for slavery.

I would have just let them secede.

[Edited on 12.05.2012 5:56 PM PST]

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States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of life was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves.

Yes, I heard only about 20% did, and most had to work in the field with the slaves because they only had a couple.

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Posted by: General Ryan
Because they where inferior to the smarter, northern states. They where for slavery.

Feels like bait, should I bite?

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Posted by: General Ryan
Because they where inferior to the smarter, northern states. They where for slavery.

Feels like bait, should I bite?
Sure :)

  • 12.05.2012 5:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: SmD x MaYHeM x
States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of life was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves.
Sure, the men who fought in the war may haven't but many did own slaves in the south, to say that slavery wasn't the main cause for the South to leave the Union is.. political-incorrect.

  • 12.05.2012 5:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: iRdACheef619

Posted by: SmD x MaYHeM x
States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves.
Sure, the men who fought in the war may haven't but many did own slaves in the south, to say that slavery wasn't the main cause for the South to leave the Union is.. political-incorrect.


while that's true it did play an important role later on in the war, thats why it's so popular right now

  • 12.05.2012 5:57 PM PDT

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They felt the North was being unfair and threatening their way of life.

  • 12.05.2012 6:00 PM PDT
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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.

While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.

Slavery was used more as recruiting propaganda by the North. Southerners were fighting to protect their culture, and states' rights. Most Southerners at that time were too poor to own slaves. I'm not saying that slavery wasn't prevalent or that it wasn't a problem, but it was exaggerated by a good amount. Many slaves were owned by one family that owned a plantation, and many whites worked alongside the slaves. The difference was that the white men were employees, rather than slaves. There wasn't one slave to each family. My family, even though they were Southern farmers, never owned any slaves.

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Posted by: SmD x MaYHeM x
States' rights and Lincoln being elected without a single electoral vote from any Southern state. Many Southerners felt that their way of life was being threatened. They wanted to secede to allow the North to do as it wanted without it affecting the South, and to protect their culture. Honestly, many of the men that fought for the South never owned any slaves.
Sure, the men who fought in the war may haven't but many did own slaves in the south, to say that slavery wasn't the main cause for the South to leave the Union is.. political-incorrect.

  • 12.05.2012 6:02 PM PDT

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The south felt that their way of life was being threatened by the federal government.

  • 12.05.2012 6:03 PM PDT

Do you guys think that the Southerners were right about defending their life style?

I know most of us don't agree on slavery being fair, however back then it wasn't seen as such a morally wrong thing, or so I believe. If someone suddenly tried to take away everything that makes you, you, wouldn't you want to stop them as well?

  • 12.05.2012 6:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: l Wersonian l
Do you guys think that the Southerners were right about defending their style?

I know most of us don't agree on slavery being fair, however back then it wasn't seen as such a morally wrong thing, or so I believe. If someone suddenly tried to take away everything that makes you, you, wouldn't you want to stop them as well?


Yep. For the time it was there way of life, they had the right to defend it. Just like today if our way of life was endanger then we have a right to defend it

  • 12.05.2012 6:07 PM PDT

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The south actually had valid reasons for leaving I can agree with.

Besides, you know, slavery. That kind of killed support for them...

  • 12.05.2012 6:08 PM PDT

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  • 12.05.2012 6:08 PM PDT


Posted by: Sgt Mag1
States' rights.


You also have to ask yourself: If a group of people don't want to be a part of a country, does the government have a right to wage war on said group of people?

[Edited on 12.05.2012 6:09 PM PST]

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They passed writs of secession that explained their reasoning; start by reading those.

  • 12.05.2012 6:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: iRdACheef619
It was largely about slavery. They had a 'good' thing going for them, they didn't want to give something up that was so beneficial to them - which was slavery.
not true at all

It was states rights, lincoln want even on the ballet in most southern states and he still won due to unfair voting because the north had so much more voting power than the south. removing slavery was a punishment for suceeding

  • 12.05.2012 6:13 PM PDT

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