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Because some of their leaders did not approve of secession.
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What was the two sides fighting for in the Civil War?
Union fought to free slaves, Confederate fought to stay slave states.
What slave states remained in the union?
During the Civil War, the slave states that remained in the Union were known as the Border States. These included Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. These states had legal slavery but chose to stay loyal to the Union, significantly impacting the war's dynamics and policies regarding emancipation.
Was Delaware a part of the union or confederacy?
Union. It was one of the four slave-states of the Upper South that voted to stay loyal. There was not much slavery in Delaware, but it did supply troops to both sides.
What are the Union states of the Civil War?
All the free states, plus four slave-states that did not vote Confederate and chose to stay loyal.
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.
Is Maryland union or confederacy?
union. It was one of the four slave states in the Union
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.
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.
Why was Virginia on the Confederacy side?
Because enough local slave-owners voted for it. Many others, including Robert E. Lee, were hoping it would stay in the Union.
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.
When texes joined the union did it join as a slave state or a free state?
a slave state
What slave states did not leave the union?
Kentucky(:
