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There were four states of the Upper South - Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware - that remained loyal to the Union, and were allowed to continue practising slavery throughout the war.
There was also the District of Columbia, where slavery was not outlawed till 1862, and then the new state of West Virginia, which joined the Union in 1863 and continued to practise slavery, though only on a small scale.
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Are confederate states free states?
no the union are free ,confederate are agents slavery Not true. Md,De,Mo,Ky were Union states that had slavery. In the middle of the war,WVa became a Union state (June '63) and also allowed slavery. All Confederates had slavery.
The emancipation freed enslaved people living where?
states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863
How many states belonged to the union?
During the Civil War, the United States was divided into the Union and the Confederacy. Twenty states belonged to the Union, and there were also four border states that did not secede from the United States, but also did not give up slavery. The Confederacy had eleven states.
Why does having new states join the union cause disagreement between the northern and southern states?
Because the South wanted slavery but in the North didn't want slavery.
What best describes why The North engaged in the US Civil War?
To preserve the Union. The North (Union) went to war with the South (Confederates) because of slavery. Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery and signed an act into law that emancipated the slaves throughout the United States. The Southern states wanted to keep slavery so we (the confederate states) removed ourselves from the Union and declared war against the Union.
Why did the border states that bordered the union states and the confederacy states did not want to join the confederacy even though they practiced slavery?
because
What were the states that allowed slavery but were still loyal to the union called?
The Border states, or the Buffer states.
Why did some of the slave states remain in the union?
Most slave states left the union. The "border" states that practiced slavery, but stayed in the union, probably realized it would be too difficult to fight off the North.
What was the American Civil War fighting about?
The soutern states were trying to secede from the union, which the north did not wish to allow; the disagreement was based on the issue of slavery, practiced by the south but not by the north.
States that wanted to end slavery?
The Union states.
What states fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union but which still had slavery?
the border states like kentucky missorui west virginia and maryland
Was slavery illegal in all of the states that were in the Union at the Civil War?
no it was not during the war Texas was still part of Mexico
Are confederate states free states?
no the union are free ,confederate are agents slavery Not true. Md,De,Mo,Ky were Union states that had slavery. In the middle of the war,WVa became a Union state (June '63) and also allowed slavery. All Confederates had slavery.
The emancipation freed enslaved people living where?
states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863
Who was the slavery civil war between?
The Union States (northern and non slavery) and the Confederate State (seceded from the union, southern, and pro slavery).
Why did southern states pass black codes?
the black codes were a way for the southern states to still have "slavery" but without getting in trouble from the union
What were border states and why were they important?
border states are states that were left in the union but stil had slavery.
