Alabama
Missouri
Deep South state of Florida and Georgia.
Land and enslaved Africans.
With most of the US Civil War battles taking place in the South, Northern industry boomed during the war. Government contracts to businesses for war supplies helped this growth. After the war, as the North expanded westward, the South remained stagnant. Between 1860 and 1870, wealth in North grew by 50%. By comparison, the economic trends in the South went in reverse. Southern wealth declined by 60%. It would take the South 60 years to reach the level of wealth it had in 1860.
South Carolina was the first to secede in 1860
Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln won the state of Michigan during the 1860 presidential election. Lincoln won most of the Midwest and northern states.
What is the difference between a common wealth and a state?
Yes
1860
yes!
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