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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does secede mean?
A
It is agreeing with something but not voting on it.
B
It is a vote against something
C
It is when a state quits the Union
D
It is when a state joins the Union
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -secession, in U.S. history, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Secession precipitated the American Civil War. Confederate States of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -to become independent of a country or area of government: There is likely to be civil war if the region tries to secede from the south.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -The decision to secede from the union was a result of the building tensions in the United States during the 1800s over the institution of slavery, states’ rights, and tariffs. States’ rights refer to the powers and rights each state retains under the U.C. Constitution.

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