get_to_know_secession

=Secession =

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Well, the type of secession __**you**__ want to know is when some states in the U.S seceded. That basically means that they left. They wanted to start their own country and have full control. All these states that left the U.S was a direct lead into the Civil War. Now, you're wondering what they did when they left? They made their own country. It was called the Confederate States of America. It was also known as "the Confederacy". They were trying to get the power and independence that they wanted.=====

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The Confederacy was led by Jefferson Davis. The Confederacy fought for their own independence against the United States. They were also fighting against the most northern states where slavery had already been abolished. They were a determined group of people that really wanted their own freedom and independence. Whether they had to fight in a war or not, they wanted it badly.======

What states seceded?

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Some causes of the states seceding from the U.S were, slavery, sectionalism, state's rights, slave power, free soil, election of Lincoln, and Battle of Fort Sumter. Just to name a few. There were other things that caused secession. People were fighting about their opinions and how things should be done and how people should be treated. It was looking to be a bloody battle. =====

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When Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, that was the final straw for very many southerners. In all the states that seceded, four of them didn't secede until after the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Five other states were Border Slave States. A big place where states seceded was the first shot of the Civil War was shot. Fort Sumter in South Carolina. It was shot by southerners. The states that seceded were also very big cotton growers. They didn't want to give up that and their slaves. They were making big bucks over it.=====