Before the Civil war, the South produced many things, but chief among them was cotton and tobacco. All sorts of produce, like wheat & corn. It has been said by many people, that had the South had munitions factories, like the North had, the South would have won that war. That's a what if for the ages, isn't it?
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The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT MANY STATES JOINED THE SOUTHERN STATES. MANY JOINED THE NORTHERN STATES !
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
The president received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election.
The southern states threatened to leave the Union because of antislavery talks.