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Q: What did it mean for states to disenfranchise in the South after the Civil War?
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What does it mean to be a confederate?

In the civil war between North and South, the Southern States in the US was confederate


Who thought who in the Civil War?

I think you mean who "fought" who in the civil war, and in answer to that, the South, called the Confederate states of America, and the north, The United States, fought each other.


What do confederate states mean?

States in the south that fought with the north during the Civil War. The Confederates wanted slavery, but the Union, or the North, was against it.


Who were the bluecoats in the civil war?

The union, which is the north. the south were gray.


What nations were involved in the civil war and who won?

If you mean the American Civil War, it was between the North and the South (states) and the North won. This brought about the end of slavery.


What did it mean for a state to disenfranchise in the south after the civil war?

The "franchise" is the right to vote; to "disenfranchise" means to deny someone the right to vote. In the south after the war, during reconstruction, white men generally were not allowed to vote, and the freed slaves were allowed to vote. As soon as reconstruction was over whites regained political power and though various laws (poll taxes, literacy tests) again disenfranchised the blacks. (No women could vote until 1920).


What do state mean?

States in the south that fought with the north during the Civil War. The Confederates wanted slavery, but the Union, or the North, was against it.


What does disenfranchise mean?

The verb has one meaning: to deprive of voting rights


What does disturbance between the North and the South mean?

A "disturbance between the North and South" refers to the American Civil War, in which the U.S. was split and the Union (North) and Confederate States of America (South) were pitted against eachother.


What was the disagreement between the northern states and the southern states?

If you mean in the past, it would be whether or not the owning of states was a good or bad thing. South wanted slaves, North did not. The Civil War was a result of this disagreement.


What where the conscription teams in the Civil War?

Which civil war? Conscription team? If by civil war you mean "The War Between the States" in America, and when you say conscription you mean the draft, and by teams you mean " sides"... Then the answer would be that the Northern States or the Federals was one side/team and the Southern States or the Confederacy was the other side/team. Both drafted or conscripted men to meet the needs of their Armies. Short answer: North vs. South.


What did the south mean by the phrase states rights?

In the context of the American Civil War, the concept of “states’ rights” was used by the South to argue for the right of individual states to make their own decisions, particularly when it came to issues like slavery and secession. It was a way to push back against any perceived interference from the federal government or Northern states.