How did southerners justify secession?

a. they asserted that the states joined the union by choice and could decide to leave it.

b. they believed that the federal government was more powerful than the states.

c. they had elected their own president to lead them.

d. they believed abraham lincoln would unite the country.

B. they believed the government was more powerful than the states

attacks by the seljuk. a devastating blow to the entire byzantine world was dealt by christian crusaders from the west. the venetians were eager to destroy byzantine power and offered the crusaders money, ships, and part of the spoils of war.

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