Why did New Englanders threaten to leave the Union?

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David Drayer
Sep 13, 2016

The New England States threatened to leave the Union over the fugitive slave laws.

Explanation:

The New England States felt that the laws were unconstitutional and clearly unjust. The states threatened to succeed from the Union, over these laws.

The southern states had threaten to succeed from the Union over the tariff laws that were weighted heavily in favor of the northern factories and were very harmful to the southern economy.

The question unanswered before the civil war was did a State have the power and right to leave the Union.

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