Question

To leave the country of your birth and then fight against it must be a very hard decision. What could be some reasons for Southerners to quit the US and the join the Confederacy to fight against the United States? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

For slavery. The South valued slavery because it was the basis of their society- without slaves, the South would suffer. They were living the comfortable life, and that's one of the reasons why some Southerners joined the Confederacy.

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