Sentences with phrase «south seceded»

In school, we were taught the now - discredited idea that the South seceded for states» rights, not because of slavery.

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The reason for this is that the nation's ideology had changed where it had once trumpeted the ideas of non-intervention and peace (except, of course, for the people of the South during their heroic attempt at independence) to those that glorified empire and war, largely based on the British model which, ironically, was the system that America seceded from in 1776.

South Sudan seceded from the predominantly Sunni Muslim north in 2011 after decades of civil war.

Religion News Service: South Carolina diocese defecting from the Episcopal Church The Diocese of South Carolina announced on Wednesday (Oct. 17) that it has disaffiliated from the Episcopal Church, escalating a long - running skirmish and setting the stage to become the fifth diocese to secede from the denomination.

The Taney Court that decided Dred Scott might well have decided, if the issue had been presented to it, that the South had a constitutional right to secede.

If Dred Scott had gone against the South, do you think it would not have seceded?

Sixteen years divorced from the old Southern Conference, the ACC — now to some extent a league of dogwoody schools slowly seceding from the South — is gradually abandoning the big - time football scene, too.

Can my county and the others in Southern California secede from the state and form our own state of South California?

This state, South Carolina, is well - known as the first state to secede from the Union during the Civil War.

As reported by South Korean news agency Yonhap, the Fair Trade Commission says that the «existing guidelines unfairly bar users from withdrawing their deposits, or limit their services to users, and force users to shoulder all financial losses when they secede from membership.»