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Q: What were characteristics of the south prior to the Civil war?
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What was the major crop of the south prior to the civil war?

the major crop prior to the civil war was cotton


Type of society in the South prior to the Civil War?

agricultural


What was the like north and south prior to the civil war?

enemies until 1886


What were the disadvantages of the south prior to the civil war?

little population north had much more than the south


What state was formed prior to the Civil War?

The state of Kansas was formed just prior to the Civil War. The state of Texas also became part of the United States just before the Civil War and then promptly seceded to join the South.


Prior to the civil war which group had the most political power in the south?

The plantation owners


What state was first to secedefrom the union prior to the start of the civil war?

South Carolina


What action taken by South Carolina started the civil war?

The state of South Carolina was the first state to leave the United States prior to the Civil War. They started the Confederacy.


At the start of the civil war what was the first state to secede from the union?

South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.


When did lee write this letter to his son?

just prior to the Civil War


What were pre civil war white people called that helped the blacks escape the south?

Abolitionists were people who fought against slavery, prior to the USA Civil War.


Did the south have the right to sucede from the union?

Prior to the Civil War, the US Constitution did not prohibit states from seceding.