how did southerners justify secession?

they were tired of all of the bickering.

they wanted to make their own laws.

they had a right to do what they wanted.

none of the above

all of the above

D) None of the above

Reasoning- In fact, Confederates opposed states' rights — that is, the right of Northern states not to support slavery. On Dec. 24, 1860, delegates at South Carolina's secession convention adopted a “Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union.”

c) legal battles last five weeks after the election due to the narrow victory in several states.