Any state or group of states has the Constitutional right to secede at any time for any reason.
Those who spew the Union Government propaganda would do well to to research the subject and not let their arrogance and ignorance override their intelligence.
The CSA was a soverign nation that was illegally invaded by the USA under the guise of forcing them to stay in the Union.
However, after the end of the war, the Southern States were forcibly kept out of the Union, until they were thoroughly looted/bankrupted by corrupt US appointed state/local governments.
BTW, OilyPablo, the South did not "get it's butt kicked".
The CSA out killed the USA 3 to 1 while being outnumbered between 3-5 to 1 (depending on when duding the war).
The CSA lost a war of attrition. No more, no less.
That, and the CSA were not willing to commit the atrocities and war crimes that the USA was, because the ends do not justify the means.
We could argue the Northern propaganda you've been fed your entire life, but the facts simply aren't on your side, and the mods will shut this thread down if we do.
BTW, "bust a cap?" How about we go really old school and say "chip a flint"?