Which of these scenarios would be considered illegal in light of the provisions of the fourteenth amendment? (a) native american men were not permitted to vote for president in the election of 1868. (b) african american people born in north carolina were denied citizenship in the state and the country. (c) former officers of the confederate army were not permitted to run for office in southern governments. (d) african american children were given equal access to education just as white children living in southern states.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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