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Because a loose group of states would not be as effective as would an organized, cohesive and purposeful group of states with a president and others effectively in power. The Confederacy was formed with excellent officers and leaders and fighters.

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After the Battle of Fort Sumter which states seceded?

On April 17, Virginia seceded. However, the western counties in Va were anti-slavery and formed their own state (West Va.). In May, Tennesse, North Carolina, and Arkansas seceded.


Which are the eleven states that seceded from the union and formed the confederacy?

The confederation of the 11 states are called Confederate States of America. Here are the members: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.


What The eleven states that secede from the US to form their own country?

Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia


What is one reason why the south wanted to secede from the union?

During the Civil War era, there was a great debate about the ethics of slavery. The southerners seceded because they did not agree with laws that were prohibiting slave ownership, and this started the Civil War.


How did the confederate and union army form?

The Confederate Army was formed in 1861 after several Southern states seceded from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery. These states created the Confederate States of America and organized their own military forces to defend their sovereignty. Conversely, the Union Army was composed of soldiers and volunteers from the Northern states who rallied to preserve the Union and oppose the Confederacy. Both armies grew rapidly as the Civil War escalated, drawing in soldiers from diverse backgrounds and regions.

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What did the eleven states that seceded the union form?

Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.


Why did the seceded states form their own government?

They had to form a government to be able to form an army, to have a means to make laws, and to make payments/salary of the troops, buy weapons, to buy gunpowder and feed troops.


Why did the confederates states of America succeeded?

The South seceded to form their own independent country just like the colonies seceded from Great Britain.


What is the name of the country the southern states wanted to form when they left the US?

The Southern states formed their own country when they seceded from the United States. Their country became known as the Confederate States of America.


When several states seceded from the union they elected their own president and began their own separate union of states called what?

They called it "The Confederate States of America."


What did the southern states do because they wanted to keep slavery?

They seceded from the union and formed their own confederation of states.


What was the Confederate states of 1863?

The same as it had been in 1862, except that the Western counties of Virginia seceded from that state in 1863 to form their own state of West Virginia.


What was the name chose by the states that left the union?

The states that left the Union during the Civil War referred to themselves as the "Confederate States of America" (CSA). This group included eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union, aiming to form their own government based on principles of states' rights and the preservation of slavery. The Confederacy existed from 1861 until its defeat in 1865.


Why did 11 states secede from the union?

Those states seceded from the union in attempt to maintain the right to own slaves.


In 1861 delegates from the southern states who had seceded from the Union met to draft a new Constitution. What did they call their newly formed nation?

The delegates from the southern states that seceded from the Union in 1861 formed a new nation called the Confederate States of America (CSA). This new government was established in response to tensions over states' rights and slavery, and it operated under its own Constitution until the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865.


Was the war going on while James Buchanan was in office?

No- war did not actually break out until after Buchanan left office even though seven states had seceded from the Union and set up their own government.


How many states had already seceded from the Union when President Abraham Lincoln took office?

When Lincoln won election to his first term, but before taking office, South Carolina seceded from the Union on 20 December 1860. This was followed in 1861 by ten other southern states. These eleven seceded southern states then formed their own government, the Confederate States of America (CSA).