Secession
The secession of seven Southern states in 1860 to 1861 set in motion the train of events that led to the American Civil War. The war ultimately cost 620,000 lives, precipitated the internal ...
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These controversies led to the secession of South Carolina in 1860. In specific, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln-Douglass debates, and the election of Lincoln enhanced the mounting tension greatly...
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From the establishment of the first colony by the pilgrims and until the winding down of the Civil War in the year 1865 secessionism had not only been a belief of the people but over that time it had ...
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As a country, the United States had exerted endless amounts of energy in order to fashion a unified nation. However, in 1860-61, certain pressures drove the south to try and secede from the union. T...
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Secession
