Question #393ee

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Aug 19, 2017

The confederates were a group of states that believed that they had the right to succeed from the United States, in order to preserve States rights and slavery.

Explanation:

The Northern States had used their superior population and political power to pass tariffs that were harmful to the economy of the south.
The Southern States felt that the Federal Government was too strong and wanted a weaker form of Central Government.

With the election of Abraham Lincoln the institution of slavery that the southern economy depended on was threatened. Moderate voices like Robert E. Lee that wanted to phase out slavery were silenced. The North wanted slavery eliminated immediately. The South wanted slavery to become legal forever. The Southern State decided that they wanted to leave the Union and start their own nation.

The form of government that the 11 southern states formed had a weaker central government called a confederacy. The Union of the United States refused to recognize the right of the southern states to form their own government.

The Confederacy of the Southern States was a rival government in opposition to the established government of the United States. The Confederacy were rebels wanting to start a second American Revolution against the power of the central government. The motives were to protect slavery and states rights .