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Because those states were in rebellion against the USA
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Why were northerners called southerners rebels in the civil war?
because they are not southerners they keep away from them
How do you spell rebels the way they did during the civil war?
The Southerners were called Rebels. The Northerners were called Yankees. The spellings are the same today.
Why do you think northerners called southerners ''rebels''?
Because the southern states had rebelled against the USA.
What did the Southerners of the US call their area of the country?
Northerners were called the Union. Southerners were called the Confederacy.
What nickname did the northerners give the southerners civil war time?
Rebs (short for Rebels) and seshes (short for secessionists) were two.
What were the northern and southern soldiers called?
The northerners were called Rebels or Johnny Reb .... Southerners were called Yankees or Billy Yank .
What did southerners call the northerners who came to the south after the civil war?
Carpet baggers
What do southerners call people from the north?
Some southerners from the US call people from the north Northerners while there are some that call them Yankees. Others simply call them by their first name.
Northerners and Southerners frequently referred to battles by different names What did Southerners call the battle the northerner called Bull Run?
Manassas.
How did the northerners and southerners react to the Dred Scott decision?
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
Why did the southerners call the southerners the rebels?
They did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. They regarded it as a collection of states in rebellion against the US IMPROVEMENT .....and they called them "rebels" or "Johnny Reb" or "Goddamn secessionists"
How did northerners and southerners differ in their opposition to abolition?
The southerners wanted slavery to end but northerners didn't want that
