What do you think about Confederate States independance?
540377
The south should be free. We have suffered too long under the tyranical united states government.
70308
The original point was after the civil war to get the confederates to pledge their allegiance to the united states.  The original purpose was for the individual to renounce the Confederacy.  Based on this, I would say no that it should not be restored to its original meaning.
1072903
Yes it's dumb! We live in the United States of America not the Confederate States of America. It would be like flying a Japanese flag outside our windows the day after the tragedy at pearl harbor happened.
999647
Most Southern people I know fly the confederate flag because to them it symbolizes the south and their heritage as their relatives served in the Civil War.  Most really don't look at it as a flag of oppression and slavery.  I don't think they view it that way at all.  For many years you never heard a word about this until blacks made an issue of it.  It was the war between the states and many good people including black people on both sides lost their lives.
550305
there should not be any more issues about the confederate flag, it is a great design. I am black and fly the confederate flag from my truck, i have confederate bumper stickers, confederate belt buckle and ny cell phone cover is the confederate flag, big deal. I once wore a confederate soldiers hat at Miami airport, saw people looking at me a pretended to be oblivious to the fact, let bygones be bygones
137893
My understanding was that the election directly caused the start of secession of states in the South from the union since Lincoln was known for his stand on slavery. The crisis was already at a boiling point by that time already due to non-handling/concessions on slavery of previous administrations.
960172
The only state with a legal right to secede is Texas and that was part of the deal when it joined the union right after the civil war. Any other states would be in essence creating another civil war if they tried. Texas would have problems trying but has the legal option where none of the rest do.
202548
North, because they won the civil war, everybody loves a winner.  But then I think of their war of aggression against the south and want to live with them because you have to root for the underdog.  And besides, the South WILL rise again!  I am all ready for the victory dance.
364677
during the civil war many of the stated split into two.  Half of the state joined the Union, and the other half the Confederacy.
466411
When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. Calling a state convention, the delegates voted to remove the state of South Carolina from the union known as the United States of America. The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states -- Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas -- and the threat of secession by four more -- Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. \n\nGo to this site. There is a map and everything :-)\nhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/civil_war.htm
138530
I think he had a goat he liked to have sex with. He had dogs, cats, some abolished slaves, and parakeets.  He had a number of farm animals when he lived in the country.\n\nMany Southern states made it clear that if Lincoln was elected, they would secede (leave the Union). The South was against Lincoln because he opposed slavery. South Carolina was the first to secede in December 1860. Six other Southern states followed: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. After Lincoln's inauguration, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also left the Union. These states became known as the Confederacy. The secession of the Southern states led to the first shots of the Civil War when the Confederates seized Fort Sumter in South Carolina in April 1861. \n\nLincoln faced the greatest national crisis of any U.S. President. He hated war and the death and destruction it would bring. However, he accepted war as the only means of saving the Union. He warned the South in his Inaugural Address:\n\n"In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it." (Abraham Lincoln Web Site) \n\nAs the nation neared the third year of the bloody Civil War, President Lincoln issued the historic Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." \n\nThis proclamation actually freed few people. It did not apply to slaves in the Border States of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware; nor did it affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. Naturally, the states that had seceded did not act on Lincoln's orders. But the proclamation showed Americans — and the world — that the war was being fought to end slavery. \n\nAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free a single slave, it changed the way black men were accepted during the war. Black men could join the Union Army and Navy. The liberated could become the liberators. By the end of the war, nearly 200,000 black soldiers and sailors fought for the Union and freedom. \n\nOn November 19, 1863, President Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The speech dedicated the battlefield to the soldiers who had died there. The battle site became a military cemetery. Lincoln stated in his moving speech: "...we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." (The National Archives.)\n\nBush needs to learn from this guy although he already has goat. He should not give part of America to the arabs.
372052
That's a huge question.  You should do some research on causes of the Civil War - there are plenty of children's, students', and young adult books concerning the topic.\n\nTrying to be brief here... The Lincoln/Northern view was that the United States is a union first and a confederation second - in other words, once you're in the Union, you can't back out, otherwise the very strength of the Union, of the United States, is undermined.  If Lincoln had just said, "Oh, heck with it!  Good luck to you Southern states!", it would have made it difficult if not impossible to keep any other state from seceding for any reason whatsoever.  Lincoln and the North pressed the war in order to preserve the Union and establish the supremacy of nationhood over statehood.\n\nBesides, historians and economists in years since have speculated that, in time, the South and North would probably have reunited in some way anyway, as both regions would have had a mutual interest.
656474
The South would have won and seceded. It's impossible to know for sure.
293038
1865 all remaining Confederate troops surrender.\nNote this is following Lee's surrender.  This is important because Lee was one of the most effective leaders.  Once he surrendered, the South had issues.
655309
If my state was to secede and the U.S. decided to try to coerce or make war upon my state I would definitely fight for my state. State sovereignty and opposition to tyranny is worth fighting for.
260916
was it states rights...that is one in the books..thats not it i think it had alot to do with a power struggle.The north wanting to keep the south in its proper place. Which wud be wrong...i admit i missed something on the subject,i can find out.The north had a little known desire to not let the south persue an industial base, which was growing a  bit before the war broke out.Cotten was king n they knew it,with a strong industry the south could,and would i belief become dominant in the power sruggle.
560996
There are several books on this subject.  Also, check out www.kennedytwins.com for all sorts of links and listings on the Confederacy.