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Demands for states' rights were dangerous to the union
Southeners had the stongest idea that secession would lead to war. Truthfully they were asking for it. Northeners strove for peace and tried to preserve the Union.
The attitudes toward secession varied greatly between northern and southern states. The north was attempting to keep the country unified, while the south continued to threaten with its ideas of secession, wanting to be a separate nation.
the nation was founded on the principle of consent of the governed.
A term used for people who opposed secession of the states were called conservatives. The people that supported secession were called secessionists.