No, not to join the Confederacy.
Is it at all possible that during or immediately before the Civil War (like, some time between Bleeding Kansas and the first shots of the war being fired), the states out west (California, Oregon, and Washington) say "to hell with this" and secede from the Union, perhaps taking some territories with them?
Are there any conditions at all that could allow this to happen?
Is it at all possible that during or immediately before the Civil War (like, some time between Bleeding Kansas and the first shots of the war being fired), the states out west (California, Oregon, and Washington) say "to hell with this" and secede from the Union, perhaps taking some territories with them?
Are there any conditions at all that could allow this to happen?