union and confederate states sol usi.9c: the student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major...
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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?