History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2113 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Upper South
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The idea
Virginia seceded on April seventeenth, Arkansas on May sixth, Tennessee on May seventh and North Carolina on May twentieth, all after the call for troops.
In practice
Four states leaving over the demand that they help coerce the others.
Where people slip
The timing is the argument. These four left not over Lincoln's election but over being asked to fight the Deep South.
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