For a time during the Civil War, the United States was no longer. It was divided into two countries with two primary governments: the Confederacy consisted of southern states that supported slavery; the Union was comprised of northern states that opposed it. Jefferson Davis was the President of The Confederacy; Abraham Lincoln the President of the Union. General Robert E. Lee's surrender ended the war and the government of the Confederacy. The states rejoined to become the United States of America again.
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The Civil War (1861-1865) The Civil War was fought between the Union (north) and the Confederacy (south). The war was fought mainly about the issue of slavery. The Union eventually won and that is what makes us the United States of America today.
South Yemen Civil War happened in 1986.
A civil war is when 2 factions fight to control the same government. The south wanted their own government so the American 'Civil War' was not a civil war. It was and is the south's view that the north invaded the south, starting a war of aggression.
No, most blacks did not leave the south after the civil war.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. ______________ But he did not lead the south into the Civil War he led them DURING the civil war.