What would have happened if the south would have seceded in the civil war?

Answer 1

There has been much speculation by history buffs about what would have happened had the South been allowed to secede. First of all, it's unlikely the United States would have become a Super Power if it were merely two, smaller countries. It's debatable when or even if slaves would have been freed. Without freed slaves seeking better opportunities in the North, the composition of northern cities would be much different.

Answer 2

the north and south would be separated and we would not like each other very much.

The Confederate States of America or the Southern colonies would have their own country, and their would still be slaves, i think, idk

Answer 3

If they did not secede, it would mean that they had accepted Lincoln's ban on extending slavery into the new Western territories.

So those territories would have entered the USA as free soil, and the free states would have dominated Congress.

The slave-states would either have had to industrialise, to start manufacturing their own goods. Or suffered from raised tariffs, and watched their economy suffer.

But in any case, as the century approached its end, there would probably have been increasing protest from abroad about trading with a slave-owning nation.

Answer 4

Well, right when Lincoln came into office, there was a bill being debated in congess that would've prevented the entire civil war if it was passed, but Lincoln convinced all the Republicans to vote against it so it didn't pass. The bill was the south would compromise on something the north wanted(maybe no slavery spreading further west?) and the other side would be that slavery would be legal forever and the congress could never repeal it. Since that was shot down, a few months later the civil war started. Now, if that bill passed then we would still have slavery today even if society was against it like we are today because that bill would've made slavery immortal. So, minorities would most likely have FAR less rights, if any at all. I would assume that slavery would probably not be limited to just the blacks and be spread to all races (blacks owning whites....)

Answer 5

Quite likely emancipation would not have occured for at least another generation because no party would likely want to lose the votes of the southern states.