Confederate States of America

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding document?Constitution of the Confederate States of America, adopted February 8, 1861
2. What is the key economic driver?The institution of chattel slavery, particularly on large agricultural plantations
3. Why did the Confederate States of America form?They left the United States because they wanted to keep slavery and felt President Lincoln would end it.
4. Which states joined the Confederacy?The first seven were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas; later Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined, making eleven.

Antebellum South: The period in the Southern United States before the Civil War, characterized by a slave-based agrarian economy.
Reconstruction Amendments: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, aimed at abolishing slavery and establishing civil rights for formerly enslaved people.
White Supremacy: The belief that white people are superior to people of other races and should dominate society.