Confederacy. Good question!
There were 11 southern states that seceded from the Union. This took place at the beginning of the Civil War, and these states were called the Confederate States of America.
It is secession
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They were called the Confederation.
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
The North was called the Union because it represented those states that remained in "union" together as the Unites States, and because it was fighting to preserve that union by keeping the rebellious Southern states from leaving it.
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During the Civil War, the northern states referred to the southern states as the "Confederacy." This term represented the group of eleven southern states that seceded from the Union to form their own government, known as the Confederate States of America. The northern states, often called the Union, viewed the Confederacy as a rebellion against the federal government.
reconstruction
The seven Southern states called themselves the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America existed from 1861 to 1865.
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.