To what extent did southern commitment to states' rights weaken the Confederates in the Civil War?
Date Submitted: 08/15/2004 18:18:58
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 10 pages (2699 words)
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 10 pages (2699 words)
To what extent did southern commitment to states' rights weaken the Confederates in the Civil War?
The reasons for the secession of southern states that led to the American Civil War were based largely on their belief and ideas of state rights (or "states rights," a variant that came into use after the war). This exalted the powers of the individual states as opposed to those of the Federal government and generally rested on the …
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…that was greatly involved in a number of separate, individual factors.
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