Confederate States of America
As the presidential election of 1860 drew near, the Southern states faced what they saw as a growing threat to their way of life. When Republican Abraham Lincoln won the ...
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1861: Creation of the Confederacy
In the first weeks of 1861, six Southern states began the process of establishing their own government, even as Northerners debated whether to let them leave the Unio...
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I believe that the point of no return in the secession of the Southern states occurred when slavery first started to be outlawed in all the states created after the Missouri Compromise. This led the S...
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Confederate States of America
1861: Creation of the Confederacy
