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5 days ago · The 11 Confederate states had a white population of about 5.5 million. In addition, there were about 3.5 million enslaved people and 130,000 free Black people. Remaining under the Federal government were about 22 million people. In industrial resources the Confederacy was far inferior to the United States.
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5 days ago · Both the US and Confederate Constitutions aimed to balance state and federal power, but they had key differences. While the US Constitution emphasizes federal authority with some...
5 days ago · Confederate States of America, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president, prompting the American Civil War (1861–65). The Confederacy acted as a separate government until defeated in the spring of 1865.
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2 days ago · United States. The Confederate States of America ( CSA ), commonly referred to as the Confederate States ( C.S. ), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway [1] republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. [8]
2 days ago · These states agreed to form a new federal government, the Confederate States of America, on February 4, 1861. They took control of federal forts and other properties within their boundaries with little resistance from outgoing President James Buchanan, whose term ended on March 4, 1861.
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4 days ago · Although the Constitution of the Confederate States of America (1861) largely follows the outline of the U.S. Constitution, it differs from it in a number of ways. The Confederacy’s approach to the Bill of Rights, and specifically the First Amendment, is noteworthy.
5 days ago · Comparison of North and South. Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America consisted of 11 states: 7 original members and 4 states that seceded from the United States after the fall of Fort Sumter. Four border states held enslaved people but remained in the Union.
