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Price of Freedom: Secession

1860

Lincoln Elected

Jan 1861

Following South Carolina, more states secede. This includes: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.

1860

SC Secedes

Feb 4, 1861

November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected President. Southern states fear that he will abolish slavery and free all the enslaved people.

South Carolina votes to leave the United States December 20, 1860.

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Representatives from the Southern states that seceded meet together in Alabama, establishing the Confederate States of America or CSA.

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Apr 12, 1861

The first action of the Civil War begins with the Confederate attack against the Union-controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Primary Source

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WHY dID the sOUTHERN STATES Secede?

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Instructions

  • Open your binder to the marked page.
  • Read the highlighted section.
  • Decide together which of the three options on your table is the best interpretation of the passage you read.
  • Once you think you have the answer, ask one of the adults in the room to check your work.

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You've got 5 minutes!

  • What 14 states is South Carolina talking about?
  • Why are the words "on purpose" important?

According to this, what would the Constitution say about an escaped enslaved person who made it to New York (where enslavement is illegal)?

Question 1: South Carolina accuses Northern states of passing laws that disagree with the laws of Congress. What do you think those laws were about? Question 2: Is it legal for states to pass laws that don't agree with the laws of the United States?

South Carolina says that if the Northern states break the agreement of the Union, then South Carolina can break the agreement, too. What does South Carolina plan to do?

Let's put it all together.

Why did the Southern states Secede?

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14 states have not followed the Constitution, on purpose.

The Constitution says: If an enslaved person escapes to another state (free state), they have to be returned.

A bunch of northern states have passed their own laws that go against laws that Congress has passed.

The Constitution was broken on purpose by northern states. This means that South Carolina does not have to be a part of the agreement anymore.

Why do you think slavery was so important to Mississippi?

Question 1: Really? Does anyone like to work in the hot sun? Question 2: This says that enslaved people didn't mind working in harsh conditions. How does this show that Mississippi didn't view enslaved people the same as other human beings?

Why would this upset a state like Mississippi?

This has to do with Abraham Lincoln being elected president in 1860. What did states like Mississippi think Lincoln would do?

What "4 billion dollars" of "property" are they talking about? Rather than lose their “property” if enslaved people were freed, what did Mississippi decide to do?

Let's put it all together.

Why did the Southern states Secede?

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The products we grow will only grow in hot places, and it is a fact of nature that only Black people don't mind working in the sun.

The northern states won’t let any new states to allow slavery and they want it to end completely.

The northern states have gotten control of the government in an unfair way, and damaged the last chance for us to live in friendship.

We must either take this humiliation and lose property worth about 4 billion dollars, or we must break away from the U.S. to keep our property.

Slavery is important to our society and the best way in the world to make money.

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Mississippi

Concerned about northern states allowing escaped enslaved people to stay there.

Concerned about losing money by losing their "property"--the enslaved people.

Left the United States because they wanted to keep the practice of slavery.

Disagreed with the actions of the northern states.

Said they wanted the practice of slavery to be expanded to new states.

Said the northern states had broken the agreement of the Union on purpose.

Back to the original question: Why did the southern states secede?

Declaration of Causes for Secession: South Carolina 1860

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Declaration of Causes for Secession: South Carolina 1860

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