The term "Yankee" originally referred to people from New England, particularly during the American Revolutionary War. It later came to be used more broadly to describe Northern Americans, especially those from the Union states during the Civil War. The exact origin of the term is unclear, but it may have derived from Dutch names like "Janke" or "Jan," which were used to refer to English settlers in the 17th century. Today, "Yankee" can also evoke a sense of regional pride for many people from the northern United States.
The northerners were called Yankees and the Southerner were called rebels.
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.
the north. they fought against the confederacy
North~union~rich boys south~ confederate ========= Supporters of the North called themselves the Union and they called the South Rebels. Supporters of the South called themselves the Confederacy and they called the North Yankees. As a name for the generic individual soldier (something like G. I. Joe of the 20th Century) a soldier of the North is sometimes referred to as Billy Yank and one from the South as Johnny Reb.
It was the North in the Civil War. The North's nicknames were the Yanks(Yankees) and the South's were the Rebels.
people from the north is the definition of YANKEES.
The people from/in the North can be referred to as Northerners or more often, Unionists. The Southerners, however, preferred to call them Yankees.
In the civil war, the North was called the Union.
They got the name because during a war the north was called the Yankees.
We called them &^%#$% and *^#%^^& YANKEES!
in the 1700s, british people called American revolutionists "Yankees"
Yes.
Yankees
They were the north.
People who live in North Carolina or who come from North Carolina are called North Carolinians.
Northerners or Yankees
The northerners were called Yankees and the Southerner were called rebels.