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What were southerners who supported Republican governments called in south?
Scalawags
Either northerners or southerners believed that secession would not lead to war?
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.
Term used for people who opposed secession?
A term used for people who opposed secession of the states were called conservatives. The people that supported secession were called secessionists.
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South?
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
What did the southerners justified secession with the theory of?
They said the original Union was a collection of states that had joined it voluntarily, and were therefore equally free to quit.
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