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

Connor Morris

-Northern states were pushing to end slavery which the South didn't want
-Most changes the North were trying to make mostly benefited the North.

Example: The North didn't want the South ordering products directly from England. The shipments went to the North and the South paid more to get them from the North when they could pay less by buying directly from England.

TL:DR North paid less for goods and made the South pay more to get them.

This is what I learned from my teacher. There were more reason thanthis however.

  • 12.05.2012 6:13 PM PDT

The Confederdate States had an economy largely based around cotton, which was driven by mostly slave labor. The South felt threatened by the North because every Southern state could vote against the abololition of slavery and the Northern states could still pass the laws to get rid of it.

So, between their wanting to preserve their economy and avoid a collapse, and the loss of power in Congress, they had some pretty good reasons to secede.

(The benefits of just recently doing a 15 page paper on this very topic.)

[Edited on 12.05.2012 6:16 PM PST]

  • 12.05.2012 6:14 PM PDT
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well I can tell you that it was more political than anything. And slavery was only a minor part. But the north made it seem bigger than it was because it made them look better. Other than that I suggest researching on your own, and beware the first casualty of war. Truth.

  • 12.05.2012 6:14 PM PDT
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The most famous secession movement was the case of the Southern states of the United States. Secession from the United States was declared in eleven states (and failed in two others); they joined together to form the Confederate States of America (CSA). The eleven states of the CSA, in order of secession, were: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861). Secession was declared by its supporters in Missouri and Kentucky, but did not become effective as it was opposed by their pro-Union state governments. This secession movement brought about the American Civil War. The position of the Union was that the Confederacy was not a sovereign nation-- and never had been, but that "the Union" was always a single nation by intent of the states themselves, from 1776 onward-- and thus that a rebellion had been initiated by individuals. Historian Bruce Catton described President Abraham Lincoln's April 15, 1861, proclamation after the attack on Fort Sumter, which defined the Union's position on the hostitalities:

After reciting the obvious fact that "combinations too powerful to be suppressed" by ordinary law courts and marshalls had taken charge of affairs in the seven secessionist states, it announced that the several states of the Union were called on to contribute 75,000 militia "...to suppress said combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed." ... "And I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse, and retire peacefully to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.

  • 12.05.2012 6:18 PM PDT

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