The South didn't have much industry, it was mainly a farming area. Their main export was cotton, I believe another top export was tobacco. The South didn't farm very much food, and with little industry they didn't have basic supplies like shoes. So the South needed to keep their ports open so they could receive food, shoes, and other important supplies.
As a side note: The North did a pretty good job of blocking off Southern ports so the South experienced much hardship during the war.
The Confederate States of America.
The union of Southern states during the US Civil War was named "The Confederate States of America".
The Southern states developed an agricultural based economy. This was due to the large amount of farming that was done.
The Civil War was fought because a group of states in the southern US wanted to split away and form a new nation that would be run the way they wanted. The 11 Southern states the broke away (or seceded) were known as the Confederate States. The Union were the remaining states within the United States that fought to keep the southern states as part of the country.
The Southern Military District, during the American Civil War, was primarily associated with the Confederate States. It encompassed several states, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Among these, the Department of the South was notable for covering multiple states, but the overall Southern Military District included the greatest number of states in its broader organization.
emancipated negroes in the southern states.
The Southern States seceded from 1860-1865, during the course of the Civil War.
The southern region of the United States was known as Dixie during the American Civil War. The southern region includes 16 states and the weather is typically warm and humid during the summer.
They felt it was the states right.
They felt it was the states right.
The Confederacy
Atlanta
either 22 states or 24 states
During the Civil War, the northern states referred to the southern states as the "Confederacy." This term represented the group of eleven southern states that seceded from the Union to form their own government, known as the Confederate States of America. The northern states, often called the Union, viewed the Confederacy as a rebellion against the federal government.
The Confederate States of America.
The Confederate States of America
The warmest weather typically experienced in the United States during the month of December is in southern Florida and parts of southern California.