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What were the slave states that stayed in the Union at the beginning of the US Civil War?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. Slaves in these states were not freed till after the US Civil War; not even by the Emancipation Proclamation. These four states were the slave border states and purposefully not included in the Emancipation Proclamation.
US President Lincoln could not risk having these states join the Confederacy.
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Which side in the US Civil War had the most States?
At the beginning of the US Civil War the Confederacy was composed of 11 former Federal States. The Union consisted of 23 States. Some of the Union States were slave States. An example is Delaware, where slavery existed, however, Delaware remained loyal to the United States.
How did Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 spark the beginning of the Civil War?
South Carolina seceded from the Union along with 7 other states. These states became the Confederate States of America and they fought against the Union.
Which states entered the Union during the American Civil War?
West Virginia and Nevada both became states during the American Civil War, and both were Union states.West Virginia and Nevada became states during the American Civil War, and both were Union states.
Which side did each border state take during the Civil War?
They stayed loyal to the Union.
What are the 5 Union states that stayed in the union?
Do you mean the five slave-states that stayed in the Union? There were origially four - Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware. A fifth was the newly-created state of West Virginia, which broke away from the Confederate state of Virginia in 1863.
What is the word for slaves states that stayed in the union when the civil war began?
Border States
Is it true that USA used to stand for union states of America?
No, it was just 'The Union' - the term for the states that had stayed loyal during the Civil War.
Who were we fighting in the civil war?
The Condedrerates, the ones who secced for the United States and the Union, the states that stayed loyal to the United States. The confederates were in the south and the union was in the north.
Who was America in war with in the Civil War?
The war was between the US states that withdrew(seceded) from the federal union of the United States and those who stayed in the union.
What slave states stayed in the Union when the civil war began?
Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky
What sparked the beginning of the Civil War?
Southern states seceded from the Union
What was the main goal of the north in the beginning the civil war?
to bring the southern states to the union
What was the main goal of North in the beginning of the civil war?
to bring the southern states to the union
How many southern states suceeded from the union?
There were 11 southern states that seceded from the Union. This took place at the beginning of the Civil War, and these states were called the Confederate States of America.
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.
How many states were there in1861 9 the beginning of the Civil War?
Including both Confederate and Union, 34.
Where is the union capital during the civil war on a map?
The union capital stayed in Washington, DC.
