Union and Confederate States

SOL USI.9c: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by: c) identifying on a map the states that seceded from the Union

and those that remained in the Union.

Guided Notes

• 1) Southern states that were dependent upon labor-intensive CASH CROPS

• seceded from the Union.

• 2) Northernmost SLAVE STATES (border states) stayed in the Union.

The Major Southern Cash Crops of the Civil War Era

Cotton became a major Southern cash crop following the invention of the cotton gin

Tobacco was a traditional Southern cash crop dating back all the way to 1607

States that Seceded from the Union (Southern Confederate States)

• Alabama • Arkansas• Florida• Georgia• Louisiana• Mississippi

• North Carolina• South Carolina• Tennessee• Texas• Virginia

Confederate States Map

Anything South of Virginia belongs to the Confederacy

States that Remained in the Union: The Border States (Slave States)– Delaware– Kentucky– Maryland– Missouri

Why do you think it was important for the border states to stay in the union?

States that Remained in the Union: Free States

– California– Connecticut– Illinois– Indiana– Iowa– Kansas– Maine– Massachusetts– Michigan– Minnesota– New Hampshire– New Jersey– New York– Ohio

– Oregon– Pennsylvania– Rhode Island– Vermont– West Virginia

(Western counties of Virginia that refused to secede)

– Wisconsin

Free Union States Map

What Color are the free Union states on this map?