Prior to the US Civil War, Southern states were sometimes referred to as slave holding states. Technically and in reality, until the Civil War, all US states were called US states. This is not some way to marginalize the antebellum period of the US.
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The southern states before the American Civil War was usually known as the South. When the war began, they called themselves the Confederate States of America.
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When the South separated or seceded from the Union, they attempted to make their own country and they named it "The Confederate states of America."-later in the Civil War to be known as the confederates. The president at the time, Abe Lincon, did not want to accept that the Union was dividing so he called this separation from the Union illegal rebellion against the government. As Lincon sided with the Union-later known to be federals- this separation is what formed the two sides of the American Civil War.
They became a part of the union after they lost the civil war.
the definition antebellum means pre civil war south or the southern government just before the civil war
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In the American civil war the Rebels (11 southern states) fought the North over issues of slavery and state rights
They were bankrupt.
The civil war mainly took place in southern states.
Mississippi.
It is generally called the War between the States, although some people call it the Civil War and some call it the War of the Northern Aggression.
The Southern states that formed the Confederate States of American were fighting for independence from the United States of American. The United States (mostly Norther states) were fighting to keep them.
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War and established a naval blockade that crippled the southern economy.
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War and established a naval blockade that crippled the southern economy.
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War and established a naval blockade that crippled the southern economy.
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War and established a naval blockade that crippled the southern economy.
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.