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Yes First off your question is not stated properly; the South did secede successfully from the Union, though they were never recognized as an independent country by other European countries.
But answer to was it "right" for them to secede is the same answer you get when asking if it was "right" for people to leave Britain in search of a new land. Absolutely. The South seceded because of the oppressive government of the United States and the laws regulating state's rights to choose.
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∙ 12y agoTo my understanding the South did not have the right to secede from the Union. According to Section 10 of the US Constitution, No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation.
To the North there was no question that the South's secession was due to them losing the national election to the Republican Party who was well known to be an anti-slavery Party. Abraham Lincoln promised he would only stop the expansion of slavery which he proved to be true throughout the war, except when he passed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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∙ 12y agoTo my understanding the South did not have the right to secede from the Union. According to Section 10 of the US Constitution, No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation.
To the North there was no question that the South's secession was due to them losing the national election to the Republican Party who was well known to be an anti-slavery Party. Abraham Lincoln promised he would only stop the expansion of slavery which he proved to be true throughout the war, except when he passed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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What best describes Lincoln's initial stance when the South began to secede?
To provoke the CSA to start the war and try to reunite the country.
Why have so many industries recently moved to South Carolina?
South Carolina is a right to work state. This is an incentive for industries to move there. A right to work state means that an employee of a company does not have to join a union associated with that company. With that said, many unions will not try to organize an union in an unfriendly company.
Did Texas try to succeeds from the union?
Yes, it was one of the first to follow South Carolina in seceding from the Union.
Did NJ try to succeed from the Union?
Several New England states attempted to secede as late as 1856. Maine was at the center of the movement. I'm not sure about New Jersey.
What action did the confederacy take soon after Lincoln became president?
It attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
Which country did Texas try to secede from in 1835?
Mexico
Why did the North try to secede from the Union?
actually it's the south that tried to secede from the Union to become the Confederacy!because of slavery, the south depended heavily on slave labor as their economy was more agrarian, while the north was more industrial and intellectual in nature, and thus were more abolitionist.Another View: The Civil War was NOT fought as a slavery issue until much later in the war. It was basically an economic struggle over the balance of power of representation in Congress between the so-called slave-states (who had primarily an agricultural economy) and the so-called free-states (who were basically centered on an industrial economy).
What is one reason why the british did not try to break the union blockade of the south during the civil war?
The British feared losing Union grain shipments.
What was president lincolns main goal when he took office in 1861?
To try and convince the southern states who had not yet seceded from the Union but were threatening to do so, to not secede, as well as, focus on protecting the Government's property and assets, against those states which had seceded from the Union.
One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was that?
The Union was fighting to end slavery and the South was fighting to keep it's slaves. Britain outlawed slavery.
What tactic did the Union use to try to keep the South from importing and exporting items?
The Union had a much larger warship fleet than the South did. In addition to that, the Union had safe shipyards far from the South that built many types of ships during the US Civil War. With this naval advantage, the Union was to a large degree successful in blockading Southern ports.
What was union goal during the civil war?
They wanted to try to reunite with the South while still abolishing slavery.
