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Secession of South Carolina-
Title: Secession of South Carolina-
Category: History
Details: Words: 650 | Pages: 2.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
Secession of South Carolina-
Secession of South Carolina-
Following the election of Abraham Linclon as President of the
United States in 1860, South Carolina was the first of 7 states to
secede from the union. They claimed, as their reasons for secession,
frequent violations of the Constitution by the federal government and
encroachments upon the reserved rights of the Senate. But did South
Carolina have the right, legally or morally, to secede from the Union
and establish its own Confederacy? After …showed first 75 words of 650 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 650 total…Lincoln's election in 1860. They had
signed 3 documents prior to that establishing them as free and
independent states. They did not, however, have any moral right to do
so. One of there goals as a state in the United States was to form a
more perfect union. Seceding and causing a civil war between a
country that fought for its independence, as a country is not a good
example of how to form a perfect union.
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