Ft. Sumter

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  1. secession
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
    On December 20, 1860 South Carolina delegates to a special secession convention voted unanimously to secede from the United States of America.
  2. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
    On December 20, 1860 South Carolina delegates to a special secession convention voted unanimously to secede from the United States of America.
  3. declaration
    a statement that is emphatic and explicit
    The critical significance of this election was expressed in South Carolina’s Declaration of the Immediate Causes of Secession: “A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all states north of that line have united in the election of a
  4. federal government
    a government with strong central powers
    The Declaration claimed that secession was justified because the Federal government had violated the constitutional compact by encroaching upon the rights of the sovereign states.
  5. self-government
    government by a country's own people rather than by an outside power
    The Declaration expressed South Carolina’s fear that “The slaveholding states will no longer have the power of self-government, or self-protection, and the Federal Government will have become their enemy.”
  6. election
    a vote choosing the winner of a position or political office
    The critical significance of this election was expressed in South Carolina’s Declaration of the Immediate Causes of Secession: “A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all states north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of president of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery.”
  7. constitutional
    existing as an essential characteristic
    The Declaration claimed that secession was justified because the Federal government had violated the constitutional compact by encroaching upon the rights of the sovereign states.
  8. delegate
    a person appointed or elected to represent others
    On December 20, 1860 South Carolina delegates to a special secession convention voted unanimously to secede from the United States of America.
  9. Union
    the United States
    The critical significance of this election was expressed in South Carolina’s Declaration of the Immediate Causes of Secession: “A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all states north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of president of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery.”
Created on Wed Sep 29 13:19:00 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Sep 29 13:20:23 EDT 2010)

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