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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.
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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.
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.
States that kept slavery but fought for the union?
the 4 border states between the north and the south
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 term refers to the four states that allowed slavery yet remained in the union when the confederacy was formed?
Border States.
What were border states and why were they important?
border states are states that were left in the union but stil had slavery.
What union states were border states?
Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland were the border states that remained in the Union.
Why was border states important?
Because if those four states had voted Confederate, i would have tilted the balance against the Union.
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
What are the two states that does not share a border with the other twenty one union states?
California and Oregon did not share a border with the 21 other Union states.
What border did not secede in the civil war?
Borders do not secede but states do. Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri were border states that did not secede in the union.
Why were Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri so important during the civil war?
They were border states for the Union and Confederate. Maryland was especially important because it contained the U.S. capital (Washington D.C.)
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.
What is the meaning of Border States?
Border States refer to the slave states that remained loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. These states included Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. They were strategically important because of their geographical location between the North and South.
Why were the border states important to both the union and confederacy?
- they had many factories and resources needed by both sides during the war.
Why do you think at the beginning of the Civil War Lincoln did not say that he was fighting to end slavery?
it was important to keep the border states in union
Why is the border state Delaware so important to the union?
Lincoln believed that the Border States were an important key to winning the Civil War. They were the states that had strong loyalties to either cause. Maryland was important because of its strategic location to DC. Delaware bordered Maryland and shared the peninsula with it and Virginia. Part of the Union strategy was also to blockade supplies to the South.
