The South was a very strong force during the growth of the new world. They were a huge contributor to the success that the United States of America is today. With the growth of agriculture and cash crop during the 1800’s, the South was the backbone to the North. Although the South had several reasons for seceding and fighting the civil war, slavery was the most important. The election of 1860 was a huge turning point of the secession of the South. “Lincoln received not a single electoral vote south of Mason Dixon line ( Bordewich 13). The South was strongly against a union character like Lincoln. Lincoln was a huge supporter of the abolishment of slaves, which would hurt the South’s economy dramatically. In the beginning, Lincoln believed
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If the nation wants to back down, let it..”. Not only did the south find this to be an open invite but, they also found it to be a weakness. Eventually the south followed Lincoln 's words and seceded from the Union and created the confederate nation.
The State’s rights were a huge factor for the South seceding from the Union. The southern states believed that the Union had a very firm view on how the government should run. States like South Carolina put in a law called the compact theory that would give the states more rights.
Georgia was very upset with the federal government from the beginning. The had a state constitution in place that the federal government wouldn 't even acknowledge. To top the lack of support the federal government the Union did not acknowledge their constitution and that is one of the bigger reasons Georgia seceded from the …show more content…
Mississippi 's position was thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery. Their views were very pro-slavery, they believed their labor supplied the product which added up to the largest and most important trade of the earth. Which then converted into their products were the necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at trading and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution of slavery, and it was at the point of reaching its peak. There was no choice left but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a termination of the
If the nation wants to back down, let it..”. Not only did the south find this to be an open invite but, they also found it to be a weakness. Eventually the south followed Lincoln 's words and seceded from the Union and created the confederate nation.
The State’s rights were a huge factor for the South seceding from the Union. The southern states believed that the Union had a very firm view on how the government should run. States like South Carolina put in a law called the compact theory that would give the states more rights.
Georgia was very upset with the federal government from the beginning. The had a state constitution in place that the federal government wouldn 't even acknowledge. To top the lack of support the federal government the Union did not acknowledge their constitution and that is one of the bigger reasons Georgia seceded from the …show more content…
Mississippi 's position was thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery. Their views were very pro-slavery, they believed their labor supplied the product which added up to the largest and most important trade of the earth. Which then converted into their products were the necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at trading and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution of slavery, and it was at the point of reaching its peak. There was no choice left but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a termination of the