History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2104 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Lack of Unanimity
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The idea
The secession ordinances followed divided conventions and popular votes, and the anchor records that a lack of unanimity prevailed in much of the South.
In practice
Conventions in which the vote to leave was contested rather than acclaimed.
Where people slip
Hold this against the later Lost Cause account of a united South. The division is on the record in the states' own proceedings.
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