116k views
0 votes
What principle did South Carolina use to justify secession at the start of the Civil War?

User Ovo
by
4.1k points

1 Answer

4 votes

Answer:

The declaration stated the primary reasoning behind South Carolina's declaring of secession from the U.S., which was described as "increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the Institution of Slavery".

Step-by-step explanation:

HOPE THIS HELPS ;}

User Matt Sugden
by
4.6k points