The Reasons for Secession

The root cause of the American civil war may be the topic which is the most controversial in American history. Even before the end of the war, the north - south scholars began to explain and explain the reason behind the bloodshed.

The scholars immediately oppose the reasons of war, and today there are also differences. Many people believe that the main reason for war is that southern states want to maintain slavery. Others minimize slavery and point out other factors such as taxes and national rights principles.

In 2011, a public opinion poll by the Pew Research Center found that Americans have significant differences in this subject, and 48% of them found that war "mainly concerning the rights of the state" It was said. System "" The remaining answer is either "equal" or "unknown".

One way to analyze this historical conflict is to focus on the main causes. Each federal state issued a "split clause" to declare it outside the league. The four states are further advanced. Texas, Mississippi State, Georgia State, and South Carolina State publish other documents. These files are here.

From these documents two main themes were born. It is slavery and the right of the state. All four states strongly defended slavery, proposing various claims related to state rights. Other complaints, such as economic exploitation and the role of the military, have received limited attention in some documents. In this article, I will detail in detail all matters described in the reason statement related to these topics.

4) Mississippi and Georgia state that slavery is the majority of the southern economy

1) The state considers the alliance to be a cancellable contract if the state is not satisfied with the revenues the state received from other states and / or federal government.

2) The reluctance to North Korea to implement the Runaway Slave Act of 1850 (which obliges slavery escape to the South) means that the contract is no longer satisfactory, the state said I believe.

1) All states negatively stated the election of Abraham Lincoln and his suspected abolitionist trend

2) Georgia condemns the use of the South in the northern manufacturing industry to manage the interests of the federal government

Discussion about the real cause of the civil war will not stop. Historians often choose evidence to support a prejudice, ignoring a number of contradictory materials. When this impulse was strongly promoted by the desire for settlement and consensus like after the civil war, the work of historians became particularly ambiguous. Key materials such as "reason declaration" are essential for balanced historical research.

In addition to the regulation of a separatist state considered a legal document, Texas has issued a statement on the reasons for clarifying the reasons for separation. The document stipulated several reasons for separation, including solidarity with "sister slave countries", the failure of the US government to stop Indian attacks, stealing slavery, and other thieves. It condemns all types of angeric abolitionists against northern politicians and Texas. The majority of the documents provide legitimacy of slavery, which will jeopardize the safety of both say it is still part of the United States. This statement contains excerpts from slavery's praise. There, the coalition itself is known as the "alliance."

In March 1861 before the civil war broke out, Vice President Navy, who was one of the most insightful and clever people of the Allied Government, clarified the reasons for the separation and establishment of Confederates. In his famous 'Foundation speech'. Here, Stevens associates slavery with race and that the foundation of the alliance is not only slave of movable property, but also racial and national advantage of the ruling class and complete inferiority and subordination of blacks Clearly pointed out.

The election of Lincoln terribly threatened the plan of the south west. This is one of the main reasons for separation - an independent federation may extend slave territory from Texas to New Mexico, Arizona and California, and north to Nevada, Utah and Colorado. In fact, some Confederate Expedition teams tried to do this.