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Why couldn't the South just secede without a war in 1861?
6 Answers
- Anonymous6 years ago
The north didn't give them that choice. Notice virtually all of the battles of the civil war were fought in the south. The north invaded the south.
- Anonymous6 years ago
North declared war. Jefferson Davis was the incompetent leader of the Confederate states.
- BobLv 76 years ago
Because they joined the union and the rest of the country did NOT want them to secede
- Anonymous6 years ago
Lincoln wanted to keep the country together. He also made it clear that racism and slavery would have been still given a pass had that kept the country together. That was always his greatest aim.
Abraham Lincoln is not a hero.
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