2/1 【美國歷史上的今天】美利堅聯盟國 (C.S.A) 是什麼鬼

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When: Feb 1, 1861

What: A popular referendum voted to secede from the Union, making Texas the seventh and last state of the Lower South to do so.

Why significant: Convinced that their way of life, based on slavery, was irretrievably threatened by the election of President Abraham Lincoln, states in the deep south (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) seceded from the Union. Texas was the last to secede in the first round of secession. Four more states (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas) waited until the formal start of the Civil War before deciding to leave the Union. The remaining slave states – Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri – never mustered the necessary majority for secession.

The eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union then formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861. Its conservative government sought a peaceful separation, but the United States refused to acquiesce in the secession. The war that ensued started at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, and lasted four years. The Civil War cost the South nearly 500,000 men killed or wounded out of a population of 9 million (including 3 million slaves) and $5 billion in treasure.

Tags: Civil War, slavery, 13th Amendment, President Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, Confederate States of America

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