To assert the viabiliy of the Confederacy as a sovereign nation and gain official recognition by Congress and by foreign countries.
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To prevent secession of the South.
"First president from the old south since before the civil war?"
the definition antebellum means pre civil war south or the southern government just before the civil war
The reason was to prevent the expansion of Communism into Southeast Asia. The US called it the "dominoe theory."
* Answer ** The First Boer war was mostly made up of isolated incidents to neutralize British garrisons within Transvaal, and then about three battles in the northern reaches of Natal to stop the British from sending aid to these forces. ** The Second Boer War (which is probably the one referred to) was fought mainly in the northern half of South Africa, though some raids to the south did take place during the guerrilla phase of the war.