why is the south called dixie?
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For the 10 southern states that seceded from the union in 1860 and 1861. The states were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina…\nDuring that time the banks in New Orleans used the word Dix (Ten) on bank notes, so the name Dixie was formed. \nIn 1859 the Musician Daniel Decatur Emmett wrote the popular song. “I wish I was in Dixie” which was used as the anthem for the Confederacy during the war of Northern aggression.
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North and South. Union and Confederate, it was the war over abolishing slavery. The Confederates left the United States, and started the own government as rebels and traitors. The Confederacy had it's own money (currency) and President, although I can't remember what his name was. The North (Union) defeated the South in the Civil War, and reunited the United States. So look up the Civil War on the Web through "Ask Jeeves". Good Luck.
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In a nutshell:  While the United States was fulfilling their belief in Manifest Destiny and expanding westward, arguments arose over whether slavery should be allowed or banned in new territories.  Southern states felt that it was a question of popular sovereignty -- literally that the people should decide.  When the decision was settled by compromises reached in Congress, tempers began to really flare.  Eventually, the southern states chose to secede, citing states' rights issues.
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What do you think the Confederate flag stands for? Most people think that it stands for slavery and racism. It doesn't. All the Confederate flag stands for is some states wanting to have more of an equal voice in government in the 1800's. We should embrace the fact that it's part of our history and honor all the men who died fighting to keep our wonderful country together and those who died trying to have a voice.
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Confederate Flag was part of American history. Duh
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Northern? Southern? The distinction is difficult to make for many states because they are generally categorized by their affiliations during the Civil War, not so much as to their geographical location. That makes it tough.\nGenerally being a southern state meant being located south of the Mason-Dixon line (which Maryland is). The Mason-Dixon line is actually the common east to west border of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Interestingly, if one were to extend the line to the east it would go through the southern part of NewJersey. Hm? We should all be glad, northern or southern, that we live in the \nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
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No because the South was fighting for something we would now identify as individual nation states. If the South had won the war the country would have been divided and each and every southern state would have declared its Independence from everyone else.  The war was mostly about keeping the country together and was bolstered by the cause of freeing the slaves in the south.  Between the two the North had two very noble and just causes for victory over the South.
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In the South, traditions are passed on over the years-which is  why a lot of people that aren't from the southern region believe we are "backwards". We don't sit around crying because we lost the Civil War, but we do still honor the Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in it. From the moment we are born, we are taught that we are different from the rest of America, a difference we embrace and take great pride in. Southerners have their own way of speaking, acting, relaxing, and eating--we are truly a seperate culture. Yankee can be a derogatory term, but it is usually just a statement of fact. My mom has lived in the South for over twenty years, after spending the first half of her life in Ohio, and I still call her a Yankee (affectionately of course). Southerners know we are different, and we love the fact that we are, and that few people from around the nation truly understand why we are the way we are. So if you come down here and get called a Yankee-just take it in stride. We're not trying to insult you (usually), we're just recognizing that you ain't the same as we are. Y'all come back now, ya hear?
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The Confederate States of America
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I'm not from the south...we conservatives are everywhere...that must be very spooky for you.  And, Jesus is definitely not limited in his geographical locations..\n\nAnd America would have ceased to be long ago without Republicans..I think we could all do without toothless rednecks.\n\n\nand p.s. dopey....ask an African American this question....the South liked slaves..remember?  And, if you know your history, you would know that sides changed...the South was the left then..when it didn't make any sense.
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The Souther Colonies consisted primariy of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.\n\nColonists wanted gold, land, and resources. The biggest reason however was plantations. Many wanted to reap huge profits from growing a variety of crops including tobacco and cotton. Georgia was a colony where English debtors were sent. Though it always acted as a "buffer" between the English and Spanish (Florida).
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By Southern natives, I take it you mean people born and raised in the southern United States?\nMany if not most of the original European settlers in that part of the country were from Scotland, Ireland or Wales.  This mixed with both African influences and a stand-offishness to the more British speakers of the north eventually lead to the Southern American English (SAE) form of speech.\n \nAlthough most African Americans spoke similar to their white counterparts until very recently, an upsurge in differentiation started in the 1950’s and 1960’s which soon separated the speech patterns of many.
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Ummmm...No...Far south is Georgia, Florida, Alabama...etc.
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southern = humane\nnorthern = inhumane, uncivilized, animals treated better than humans.
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just like in us we all speak english but the south sounds diff from the north...midwest sounds diff.\n\nDiff areas just have diff dilatacs and diff words for diff things.
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North, because they won the civil war, everybody loves a winner.  But then I think of their war of aggression against the south and want to live with them because you have to root for the underdog.  And besides, the South WILL rise again!  I am all ready for the victory dance.
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Howdy,\n  1800's . If you will listen to the song "DIXIE" all the way through, You will here this is an old Irish song that the South adopted. In this song, on the second and third verse, Jim was a deciever, and His gal had a meat cleaver.