Simply an agricultural region of the US; with wealthy land owners (primarily tobacco/cotton plantation owners).
the south to come back into the union
The North tried to compromis with the South which lead to the south ceceding from the union and beginning the civil war
None. It had to improvise from the start.
The firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina marked the beginning of the Civil War.
Their only goal was to keep slavery.
To repel the Northern invasion.
This is a matter of opinion, but the South probably had the better generals at the start of the Civil War.
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cotton crops
It is important because it caused the election of Abraham Lincoln and thus leading to the secession of the south and the beginning of the civil war.
The South fired on the Union outpost of Ft. Sumter in Charleston harbor in South Carolina.
At the beginning of the US Civil War, Robert Smalls was working at the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina. (He was still a slave, so his wages were paid to his owner.)