1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. States that Seceded from the Union (Southern Confederate States)
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia

5. Confederate States Map
Anything South of Virginia belongs to the Confederacy

6. 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?

7. 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

8. What Color are the free Union states on this map?
Free Union States Map
What Color are the free Union states on this map?