Secession — Social Studies definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- An assertion of withdrawal from a political union; its claimed authority and purposes require context. (U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction)
- An attempt by part of a political territory to separate into another authority. (Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century)
Where it is taught
- Election of 1860, Secession & Fort Sumter — Sectional Crisis & Civil War, U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
- African Independence: Ghana, Algeria & Varied Paths — Independence, Regional Conflicts & Cold War’s End, Global History & Geography II: c. 1750 to the Early 21st Century, Grade 10