(A) free states that sided with the Union
(B) completely unified in their feelings about the war
(C) against President Lincoln’s war policies
(D) ** slave states that did not join the Confederacy
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Despite their acceptance of slavery, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not join the Confederacy. Although divided in their loyalties, a combination of political maneuvering and Union military pressure kept these states from seceding.
Concept note-2: -The Border States were located geographically in too central a place to stay apart from the conflict, as both the Union and Confederacy recognized the strategic value of the region.
Concept note-3: -The Confederacy included the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Jefferson Davis was their President. Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri were called Border States. In 1865, the Union won the war.
Concept note-4: -In the context of the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after 1863, the new state of West Virginia.
Concept note-5: -A slave state, Delaware stuck with the Union during the Civil War despite cajoling from the South to join its cause. On Jan. 3, 1861, Delaware lawmakers explicitly rejected secession.