seceded from the North, which was also known as the Union, for many

different reasons. The reason they wanted to succeed was because there

was four decades of great sectional conflict between the two. Between

the North and South there were deep economic, social, and political

differences. The South wanted to become an independent nation. There

were many reasons why the South wanted to succeed but the main reason

had to do with the North's view on slavery. All of this was basically

a different interpretation of the United States Constitution on both

sides. In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the

There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the

South disagreed on and that persuaded them to succeed from the Union.

Basically the North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government

increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to

the individual states. The North also wanted internal improvements

sponsored by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads,

compromise measures resulted in a gradual intensification of the

time period of 50 years the number of slaves also rose from about

February 4 delegates from all these states met in Montgomery, Alabama

improvements. The South felt these were discriminatory and that they

themselves the legality of slaveholding. This act was sponsored by the

Franklin Pierce on May 30, 1854. This act split the Democratic party

question of whether slavery was to be allowed or prohibited in the

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