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They split because they wanted slavery and the union didn't. But not only because of that, but because the union attacked a place in Virgina and the confederacy took that as a sign that a war has started. So, all of the southern states except Maryland split from the union. Maryland fought with the union even though it was a southern state.
To command the Mississippi - an important military highway - and isolate all enemy units to the West of the river.
This freed-up Grant to go to the aid of the Army of the Cumberland in Chatanooga.
Other way round.
It was the USA that declared war on the breakaway Confederacy.
Because the newly-inaugurated Lincoln would not allow any new slave-states, so the South knew it would be increasingly outvoted in Congress, and new laws would tend to favour the North.
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The confederacy saw itself as a separate nation. how did the union view the south?
As a rebel against the government. (Apex)
What was the South called after they seceded from the Union?
The Confederacy
Were abolitionists union or confederacy?
Union - though most Unionists were never Abolitionists
How large was the union manpower advantage of Confederacy?
210000 in the Union to 80000 in the Confedaracy.
What was the opposite of the Confederacy in the US Civil War?
Union
How did the confederacy make the union recognize them as an independent nation?
It never did. The Union referred to the South as 'the rebel states'. However, by announcing a blockade of the Southern ports, the Union appeared to be giving the Confederacy the status of a separate nation.
The civil war union want to preserve the union or destroy the confederacy?
Both. The Union wanted to preserve the country as a whole; they did not want the United States to split up. The Confederacy, however, wanted to separate from the United States, therefore, splitting up the country. So the Union wanted to destroy the confederacy to preserve the United States.
Which state tried to secede from the confederacy?
West Virginia. It became a separate state in 1863, and re-joined he Union.
Was texas part of the Confederacy union?
It was part of the Confederacy - and therefore not the Union.
Was the Gettysburg battle the union or confederacy?
confederacy
Who had more slaves Union or Confederacy?
Confederacy
Was Kansas part of the union or the confederacy?
Confederacy.
The terms union confederacy?
The Confederacy was the group of Southern slave-states that broke away and declared themselves to be a separate nation (not recognised by any foreign countries, except Mexico). The Union was what was left of the USA. (The North) After the war, the states were re-united.
Was Maryland on the union or the confederacy?
Union
Is the north union or confederacy?
the union
Was the congress with the union or confederacy?
The Union.
How did the Union depend on the Confederacy?
It didn't. The Confederacy was the government formed by those states attempting to leave the Union. The two were at war. Michael Montagne Actually, the Union did depend on the Confederacy. With out the confederacy's contributions to the war and *mistakes* the Union would have never won.
