USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The border states Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all
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
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

Detailed explanation-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.

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