Thirteen States left the Union and a couple more tried to. You think they left for light reasons?
I want you to show me that they left the Union for "light and transitory causes", that their dispute with the North was nugatory, transitory, or trifling.
And in your answer, be sure to treat the dead people in Kansas and the John Brown raid that tried to raise a general slave insurrection in the South, a la Haiti.
And be sure to say something about the fact that Southerners were excluded for 40 years from taking their slaves with them to the Territories, that they were supporting the nation's budget with their taxes, which was being spent in the North, and that Congress had refused to fund protection from the Indians for Texans living on the frontier, in violation of the Constitution.
And what happened to John Brown-they hung him!
As for Kansas, you Slavers attempted to hijact the gov't and were stopped.
Even Judge Douglas knew it was the takeover of Kansas was a farce and fought his own Party on it.
But the South is made up of 'noble' men who betray their country, try to steal elections, and revolt to keep men in slavery.
And be sure to say something about the fact that Southerners were excluded for 40 years from taking their slaves with them to the Territories, that they were supporting the nation's budget with their taxes, which was being spent in the North, and that Congress had refused to fund protection from the Indians for Texans living on the frontier, in violation of the Constitution.
LOL!
Oh, the horror not to be able to take your slaves to the Territories.
What took you so long to revolt?
How could you bear under the tyranny!
Funny, all I saw Jefferson Davis talk about was the devaluing of the dollar amount of the Souths' human property due to limiting slavery.
The very thing that both Jefferson and Washington wanted to do.