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The Civil War began when 11 southern states voted
to secede (separate) from the United States to form
their own country, the Confederate States of America.
These southern states believed that the federal
government of the United States threatened their right
to make their own decisions. They wanted states’
rights with each state making their own decisions
about their government. If the national government
contradicted the state, they did not want to follow the
national government. The North and South had very different economic systems. The South’s agriculturebased
economy depended heavily on slave labor.
The southern states feared that the United States
government would end slavery. The southern states
believed that this would hurt their economic and
political independence. The economy of the northern
states was more industrial and did not depend on
slavery. The northern states fought to keep all the
United States together in “the Union.” They tried to
stop the southern states from separating into a new Confederate nation. There were also many people in the North who wanted to end slavery. These differences led to the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 until 1865.
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True of false: The Confederate States of America believed that the federal government of the United States threatened their right to make their own decisions. They wanted states’ rights with each state making their own decisions about their government.
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