Whats_Secession_All_About

= = What is secession?

= Secession is the act of withdrawing from the Union. = = The first state to leave the Union was South Carolina after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. = = Secession federation or confederation versus secession from a unitary state (a state governed as a single unit with few powers reserved to sub-units). = = = = Separation or partition (although an entity secedes, the rest of the state retains its structure) versus dissolution (all political entities dissolve their ties and create several new states). =

= Arguments against Secession =

= "Protecting Legitimate Expectations" of those who now occupy territory claimed by secessionists, even in cases where that land was stolen. "Self Defense" if losing part of the state would make it difficult to defend the rest of it. =

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=Time line=

= When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates voted to remove the state of South Carolina from the union known as the United States of America. The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- and the threat of secession by four more -- Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. =

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