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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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 four Reconstruction Acts, passed by Congress in 1867, were known as the First Reconstruction Act, the Second Reconstruction Act, the Third Reconstruction Act, and the Fourth Reconstruction Act. These acts aimed to establish military governance in the Southern states, ensure the civil rights of freedmen, and set the conditions for re-admittance of the Southern states into the Union. They required states to create new constitutions guaranteeing voting rights to African American men and to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.
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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.
The country formed by the southern states in 1861 was called the Confederate States of America (CSA). It was established by 11 southern states that seceded from the United States, primarily over issues related to slavery and states' rights. The Confederacy existed until its defeat in 1865 during the American Civil War.
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.