Creoles.
There are not sixteen states on the Southern coastline of the US. I count six. Go to a map of the United States, locate the Southern coast (that's along the Gulf of Mexico) and check the names of the states.
No states in the US practice slavery. Some states USED TO but not anymore.
The Confederacy, The Rebel States, Dixieland.
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
The Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy (1861-65). Dixieland (originally because of the 10-cent coin marked 'DIX' when Louisiana was French). Also the Rebel States. Sometimes 'Swannee', taken generically.
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it is called the rebel states and the confederacy or confederate side.
Prior to the US Civil War, Southern states were sometimes referred to as slave holding states. Technically and in reality, until the Civil War, all US states were called US states. This is not some way to marginalize the antebellum period of the US.
Confederate States Of America
The Southern US states that seceded from the Union, formed a government called the Confederate States of America. The CSA first consisted of seven Southern states at the time of the attack on Fort Sumter. Shortly afterwards, eleven states had seceded.
No, but there are 13 Southeast states of the US.
The southern US states form the Confederate States of America
There are not sixteen states on the Southern coastline of the US. I count six. Go to a map of the United States, locate the Southern coast (that's along the Gulf of Mexico) and check the names of the states.
No states in the US practice slavery. Some states USED TO but not anymore.
the northern states and southern states in the eastern us.
Confederate States of America
The southern states were the Confederate States they were also called rebels. The northern states were called the Union States and they were also called yankees. There were several different slang terms for each side. It just depends on who you ask.