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Why were the border states important to both the union and confederacy?
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- they had many factories and resources needed by both sides during the war.
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What was the border states in the confederacy?
the border states didnt secede to the union or the confederacy the five border states arewest virginiamarylanddelewarekentuckymissouri
Who had more states union or confederacy by how much?
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Union had 19 states, not including the four border states that did not secede. The Confederacy had only 11.
What were the confederacy border states?
The Confederate border states were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states were geographically located on or near the border between the North and South, they did not secede from the Union to join the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Why were border states important to the union and confederacy?
They held the balance of power. If all eight states of the Upper South had gone Confederate, the Union would have lost. Four of them did. Keeping the other four loyal was Lincoln's biggest headache in the first months of the war.
Is Maryland union or confederacy?
union. It was one of the four slave states in the Union
Why are the border states important to the union?
The Border States were a key part of the US Civil War. They were slave states that did not join the Confederacy, it was important for the Union to prevent that they did not secede and join the South.
What was the border states in the confederacy?
the border states didnt secede to the union or the confederacy the five border states arewest virginiamarylanddelewarekentuckymissouri
Which states did not secede from the union?
The states that DID NOT secede from the Union was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. These four states did not secede from the Union because They were Border states, meaning they were between the Union and the Confederacy.
Who had more states union or confederacy by how much?
At the beginning of the Civil War, the Union had 19 states, not including the four border states that did not secede. The Confederacy had only 11.
Why did the border states that bordered the union states and the confederacy states did not want to join the confederacy even though they practiced slavery?
because
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.
What were border states and why were they important?
border states are states that were left in the union but stil had slavery.
How are the 4 border states different from the rest of the union?
They were slave-states that had narrowly voted against joining the Confederacy.
What term refers to the four states that allow slavery yet remained in the union when the confederacy was formed?
Border States.
What term refers to the four states that allowed slavery yet remained in the union when the confederacy was formed?
Border States.
Why would Lincoln free the slaves only in the confederacy and not in the union controlled border states?
Becuase he didn't want to lose the support of the border states.
States located between the union and the confederacy?
All of the states at that time either stayed in the Union or joined the Confederacy. Geographically. Geographically, there were no states in between the two nations. The Border States is the term given to the slave states that chose to stay in the Union. They included Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia. (West Virginia succeeded from Virginia after Virginia succeeded from the Union in order to avoid fighting for the Confederacy.) They were all near the border of the Confederacy. They knew that whichever side they chose, there would likely be fighting on their territory.
