The Civil War was fought to establish that point.
It was the border states that didn't secede (or leave) to the Confederate United States of America. For example Tennessese didn't secede but decided to run to governments at the same time, one Union Government and one Confederate Government. Kentucky did the Same thing
The Confederate States.
Eleven states seceded from the union because they believed slavery should be legal. They created the Confederate States of America. They were Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana and Virginia.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
He was willing to fight for it! Since the slave states also known as the Confederate States that time wanted to be it's own country, Lincoln said it was a bad example for the future. If Lincoln had let the Confederate States be at its own, then in the near future other states would leave. Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States. This was how to Civil War started.
The south wanted to leave the Union and start their own country; the Confederate States of America. The United States of America wouldn't allow that...and stopped them by force of arms (war).
The US Civil War, and Virginia deciding to leave the US and join the Confederate States of America.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
He refused to take an Oath to the Confederate States of America.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.
The southern states:South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, loisiana, and Texas seceeded from the union and went to Montgomery, Alabama and formed the confederate states of America. They elected Jefferson Davis as the president
Late 1860 and early 1861
It was the border states that didn't secede (or leave) to the Confederate United States of America. For example Tennessese didn't secede but decided to run to governments at the same time, one Union Government and one Confederate Government. Kentucky did the Same thing