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Would Virgina have been union or confederate?
Confederate. It was not one of the first states to secede, and many prominent Virginians like Robert E. Lee, hoped that it would stay in the Union.
What did several Southern states threaten to do if Lincoln was elected president?
Many southern states such as South Carolina had threatened to, and did, secede from the Union even before Lincoln's presidency. With the northerner Lincoln as president and the north-dominated Congress, other states followed suit.
Why did Virginia finally decide to secede from the Union?
They decided to because Lincoln called forso many Virginians to fight.
Many Northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the Union until?
Prior to the attack on Ft. Sumter in 1861, many northerners were willing to allow the Southern states to secede. At that point, factions from both the north and south demanded military action and Lincoln called 75,000 volunteers into action.
How many states in union in 1918?
48
How many states voted to secede from from the Union in all?
Eleven
How many slave states remained in the Union and fought against the Confederacy in the Civil War?
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.
How many states seceded from the union in 1860?
Florida and South Carolina were the only Southern states to secede in 1860. The other 9 seceded in 1861.
How many states belonged to the union?
During the Civil War, the United States was divided into the Union and the Confederacy. Twenty states belonged to the Union, and there were also four border states that did not secede from the United States, but also did not give up slavery. The Confederacy had eleven states.
Would Virgina have been union or confederate?
Confederate. It was not one of the first states to secede, and many prominent Virginians like Robert E. Lee, hoped that it would stay in the Union.
Where did Maryland stand in the war?
Maryland was one of the so-called "border states", it had slavery but did not secede from the Union. Maryland-like many states- provided soldiers to both sides in the conflict.
What did several Southern states threaten to do if Lincoln was elected president?
Many southern states such as South Carolina had threatened to, and did, secede from the Union even before Lincoln's presidency. With the northerner Lincoln as president and the north-dominated Congress, other states followed suit.
How many states secede from the country?
mabe 10 or11 seceded
Did Texas secede after Abraham Lincoln's election?
Yes, like many other southern states, Texas followed suit and seceded from the Union in February 1861 after the election of Abraham Lincoln.
Why did many Alabamians decide to secede from the union?
A vote wasn’t taken on this. The government of the state decided.
Why did many northerners want to keep slavery in the south?
Answer made assuming the above question means: Why did the Union not join the confederacy?The answer is somewhat simple: The union wished to abolish slavery. This caused multiple states start to take sides, and as you can see, the southern states joined the confederacy as they ran large plantations and needed the African slaves to run them. The northern states did not have many slaves due to a lack of need because their food supply/money was made mostly on family run farms.
How did the southerners react to the election of 1860?
They launched a movement to secede from the Union
