the confederate states of america

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Definition of the confederate states of america in English Turkish dictionary

tar. Amerika Konfedere Devletleri

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confederate states of america

amerika birleşik devletleri

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Definition of the confederate states of america in English English dictionary

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Confederate States of America

A nation existing from 1861-1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states who sought independence from the United States of America over the issue of slavery and states' rights

Confederate States of America

group of 11 Southern states which seceded from the United States of America in 1860-1 to form a separate union

Confederate States of America

A republic formed in February, 1861, and composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery and states' rights. It was dissolved in 1865 after being defeated in the American Civil War. or Confederacy Government of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860-61 until its defeat in the American Civil War in 1865. In the months following Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860, seven states of the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas) seceded. After the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia joined them. The government was directed by Jefferson Davis as president, with Alexander H. Stephens as vice president. Its principal goals were the preservation of states' rights and the institution of slavery. The government's main concern was raising and maintaining an army. It counted on the influence of King Cotton to exert financial and diplomatic pressure on the Union from sympathetic European governments. Battlefield victories for the South in 1861-62 gave the Confederacy the moral strength to continue fighting, but from 1863 dwindling finances and battlefield reverses increasingly led to demoralization. The surrender at Appomattox Court House by Gen. Robert E. Lee precipitated its dissolution

Hyphenation

the Con·fed·er·ate States of A·me·ri·ca

Turkish pronunciation

dhi kınfedırıt steyts ıv ımerıkı

Pronunciation

/ᴛʜē kənˈfedərət ˈstāts əv əˈmerəkə/ /ðiː kənˈfɛdɜrət ˈsteɪts əv əˈmɛrəkə/