The only new law was the Fugitive Slave Act. It was not 'given to the Southern states'. It was enforced in every state of the Union. But it was a gesture of appeasement to the Southern states, in order to keep them onside at a time when it was getting harder to create new slave-states.
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
The North was called the Union because it represented those states that remained in "union" together as the Unites States, and because it was fighting to preserve that union by keeping the rebellious Southern states from leaving it.
When Lincoln took office in March 1861 seven southern states had left the Union.
The union of Southern states during the US Civil War was named "The Confederate States of America".
The Crittenden Compromise was the name given to the attempt in 1860 to get Southern states to stay in the Union.
The Crittenden Compromise was the name given to the attempt in 1860 to get Southern states to stay in the Union.
The Crittenden Compromise was the name given to the attempt in 1860 to get Southern states to stay in the Union.
The Crittenden Compromise was the name given to the attempt in 1860 to get Southern states to stay in the Union.
The Crittenden Compromise was the name given to the attempt in 1860 to get Southern states to stay in the Union.
The Crittenden Compromise was the name given to the attempt in 1860 to get Southern states to stay in the Union.
The Great Compromise. (see Henry Clay)
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
The only new law was the Fugitive Slave Act. It was not 'given to the Southern states'. It was enforced in every state of the Union. But it was a gesture of appeasement to the Southern states, in order to keep them onside at a time when it was getting harder to create new slave-states.
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.
seceded from the union
The Union victory meant that the southern states never actually left the Union, so they didn't need to be readmitted.