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Did the slave states of the south have the right to leave the union and create the confederate states of America?
The Civil War was fought to establish that point.
Which state did not leave the Union when President Lincoln called for troops after Fort Sumter?
Most didn't, for obvious reasons. Do you mean 'Which slave-states did not leave the Union?' They were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.
Why did seceding state believe the had to leave the union?
Because Lincoln had won the 1860 election on a ticket of no new slave-states.
What were the slave states that remained in the Union called?
There were five slave states that remained in the Union. Initially there were four -- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. West Virgina separated from Virginia when it (Virginia) seceded from the Union. West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863 as a slave state. West Virgina remained in the Union making it the fifth slave state not to secede. These five slave states were called border states.
What four slave states were excluded from the emancipation proclamation and why?
Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. Lincoln was worried that forcing them to release their slaves at this point might cause them to leave the Union and join the Confederacy.
Why did the states leave the Union in 1861?
Because Lincoln had won the election, on a promise of no new slave-states. So the South would always be outvoted in Congress.
Which slave states were loyal to the union?
West Virginia broke apart from the slave state Virginia and joined the Union, but for the most part all slave states were Confederate.
What was one of the slave states that stayed in the Union?
Virginia was a Confederate state. The Union slave states were Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. In June 1863 West Virginia became the fifth Union slave state.
Is Maryland union or confederacy?
union. It was one of the four slave states in the Union
What was the name for the slave states that remained in the Union?
Weat Virginia Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky were five slave states that did not secede the Union, and the were were called border states.
What were non-slave states called?
The Union (Northern states)
Why didnt the northern states want missour admitted to the union as a slave state?
The northern states did want Missouri admitted to the union as a slave state so as to balance the free slave trade.
