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Causes Of Southern Secession

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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CAUSES OF SOUTHERN SECESSION

BY CORWIN HOWSER
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SLAVERY

  • Constitutionally backed
  • Competed with north over territories
  • Many references to it made
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STATES RIGHTS

  • Argued over since the nations founding
  • North took a stronger approach to having a strong federal govt
  • South supported states rights
  • Ideas like nullification and secession backed by idea
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OTHER CAUSES

  • Lincoln getting elected
  • Unfair tariffs
  • Tariffs to encourage south to buy northern products
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WORKS CITED

  • "States Rights, One of the Causes of the Civil War." States Rights, One of the Causes of the Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014
  • "Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.
  • "Causes of the Civil War." Causes of the Civil War. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2014.

Corwin Howser