SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
START OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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participated in the Northern blockade of the South
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remained part of the Union
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voted for Lincoln in 1860 & 1864
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eventually joined the Confederacy
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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: -11. It is a popular belief that the Border States-Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia–comprised the Civil War’s middle ground, a region of moderation lying between the warring North and South.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Union included the states of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon. Abraham Lincoln was their President.