Southern United States

Definition

The Southern United States, also known as the American South or simply the South, refers to a region of the United States that includes states in the lower part of the eastern U.S. This region has distinct cultural, historical, and geographic features.

Related terms

Antebellum South: Refers to the period in the history of the southern U.S., before the Civil War, when slavery was a central economic institution.

Confederate States of America: A government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 southern slave states that had declared their secession from the U.S.

Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in Southern U.S. enacted after Reconstruction period till mid-1960s.