How did individual states secede from the union in 1861? a. through votes in their legislatures and conventions b. by collecting the signatures of southern voters on petitions c. though a vote during the democratic party conversation d. by collecting the signatures of southern slaveholders

The correct answer is A. Individual states secede from union in 1861 through votes in their legislatures and conventions.

South Carolina approved the "Declaration of Immediate Causes that Induce and justify the Secession of the Federal Union" on December 24, 1860. It affirmed that it would fight for the rights of the slaves but denied the right of the northern states to reject the Fugitive Slave Act, alleging that they did not comply with their federal obligations. All Southern complaints of violations of state rights were related to slavery.

Before Lincoln took office, seven states declared secession from the Union. They established a government in the south, the Confederate States of America, on February 9, 1861. They took control of the forts and other federal possessions that were within their borders with little resistance from the outgoing president, James Buchanan, whose term ended on March 4, 1861.

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