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Kentucky and Maryland were border states, and Missouri and Kansas were caught in divided loyalties at the start of the US Civil War. Kansas was admitted as a state in 1861 and became the site of violent infighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions.

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Q: What Southern states did not join the confederacy and why?
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Did the southern states join the confederacy?

The southern states were the Confederacy. All the states from Virginia down to Texas, Florida, Mississippi etc. were in the Confederacy.


Which southern states join the confederacy after the attack of fort Sumter?

None


Which southern states did not join the confederacy?

Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.


What does South Carolina want southern states to do?

It wanted other states to join it in seceding, and forming the Confederacy.


What does South Carolina want other Southern states to do?

It wanted other states to join it in seceding, and forming the Confederacy.


When did Mississippi join the Confederacy?

On January 9, 1861 Mississippi became the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America. On February 4, 1861 it joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy.


Why would a Southerner join the Confederate Army during the Civil war?

he believed in the confederacy (the rights of southern states) and secession from the union


What are the southern states called?

the Confederacy


What are the southern slave states called?

the Confederacy


What is the name for the slave states that did not join the confederacy?

border states


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


Why did the border states did not join the Confederacy?

Skilful diplomacy by Lincoln in Kentucky and Missouri, along with some unlawful jailing of pro-Southern leaders in Maryland.