Should the South had seceded from the Union? She cried out as her master mercilessly beat her‚ ignoring not only her humanity‚but her pride as a woman. This is Slavery. Slavery. One of the biggest causes to the Civil War. Until it was abolished‚ slavery was an extremely controversial topic. It got to the point when the South wanted to secede or break away. The South would want to secede because Lincoln went against their views‚ they would lose to the North in a war‚ and popular sovereignty could
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Why were certain groups for secession? Would you like to live in the south where you are mainly an agricultural state? Where the Confederate comes into your house and took food and your children’s clothing. Where the people who ruled your country where into factories‚ and tax your goods? I think not‚ these are some of the few reasons the south wanted to secede. So now this can explain‚ why were certain groups were for secession? The people who were for secession were mainly the slave owners and
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were fighting a Third American Revolution by attempting to secede from the United States during the American Civil War. Although the confederate sought to secede from the union and exercise their States’ right‚ which they claimed was being denied by the union. The South argued that they were being their right to owning property‚ in this case‚ the enslaved Africans. The South claimed Independence from the North‚ just like the colonists did with Great Britain. As a result‚ the Revolutionary war broke
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*Why did the South secede? Would the North have acquiesced in peaceful coexistence if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter? Today everyone says the reason the South left the Union was; Slavery. Slavery was not the only factor that led the South to secede. In fact‚ some of the wealthiest slaveholders opposed secession. They believed‚ for good reason‚ that slavery would actually be safer in the Union than out of it. Most people aren’t aware that‚ even as president‚ Lincoln supported a proposed
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Joseph Pantoja History 11 May 1‚ 2014 South Secedes Even though things were already coming to a head‚ when Lincoln was elected in 1860‚ South Carolina issued its “Declaration of the Causes of Secession.” They believed that Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests. Before Lincoln was even president‚ seven states had seceded from the Union: South Carolina‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. By this time‚ South Carolina’s two United States Senators had
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had been brewing for many years; this was due to fundamental differences in agriculture and resultant adoption of slavery in the South. From early days‚ the thirteen states had grown up separately‚ and each had their own culture and beliefs‚ which were often incompatible with those held in other states. The geographical and cultural differences between north and south would manifest themselves at regular and alarming intervals throughout the hundred years following the drafting of the constitution
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Yes‚ the lower South should be able to secede peacefully. As a Southern Democrat‚ I believe that it is not only the right of the lower South states to secede‚ but secession is needed now. This secession is very important to the development of the lower South. The Constitution gives states’ rights‚ and just because the lower South is not in 100% agreement with the Northern states‚ that does not mean that our rights can be taken away (page 336 in our book). Now‚ let’s fast forward to President Taylor’s
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Why would the southern states secede but not any other states? There were three main reasons that included issues of slavery‚ states’ rights‚ and other grievances like Lincoln’s election. Georgia‚ Texas‚ Mississippi‚ South Carolina‚ and Virginia were five out of the eleven states that wrote a “Declaration of Causes”‚ which explained why they seceded. Slavery was one of the more important causes of secession of the southern states. “The South with great unanimity declared her purpose to resist the
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People do not actually know the exact things that started the Civil War but that is why I am here. Back then the South was pro slavery and the North was not. That was like the main reason it was a war plus other things that was happening involving the government. The South seceded from The Union because they wanted slavery but the North did not‚ they did not want to follow the national government’s rules‚ and they did not have as much as the North. The South’s economy was based off of slavery unlike
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The South had many arguments regarding the fact that they needed slavery and that it wasn’t as bad as people pictured it to be. For starters‚ the fact that the South depended on slavery was the number one reason why they didn’t want slavery to be abolished. The Southern economy would go down the drain because they depended on slave labor. Without the slaves there would be no one to work the fields. The cotton economy would collapse‚ the tobacco crop would dry‚ and the rice would be profitable. They
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