Question

Based on your own understanding and information in this lesson, what characteristics of the Confederate States of America made it a confederal government when compared to the government of the United States?

Answer 1

It was governed more by individual states and the United states was ran under federal government

Answer 2

The Confederate States of America had a weaker central government than the United States, and individual states had more sovereignty and power than US States. The central government of the Confederate States handled only foreign issues or national economic issues.
But all of those power was eliminated the moment the Confederate army surrendered to the union army led by Abraham Lincoln in May  1865