The suffix meter means an instrument that is used to measure something. Words containing this root word include: ammeter; altimeter; anemometer; thermometer; barometer; voltmeter; odometer; speedometer; tachymeter; tachometer; radiometer; spectrometer; spherometer; Meter is actually quite different to metre, which refers to an actual unit of measurement. In the original UK English, such units of measurement are as listed below, and not containing the Americanised spelling of meter. metre; millimetre; centimetre; decimetre; kilometre
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis, since he came to power at the very beginning of the Civil War, and after the Civil War the Confederacy ceased to be. Comments.
The South was the Confederate States of America. The president of the Confederate States of America was Jefferson Davis. The president of the United States of America was Abraham Lincoln. They were considered the Presidents of the Civil War. On April 12, 1861, America was split up into two parts. The north &amp; the south. The North was the United States of America.