Question

During the Civil War, the border states __________.
A) were pro-Union
B) fought on the side of the Confederacy
C) were divided between the Union and the Confederacy
D) stayed in the Union but had to jail large numbers of pro-Confederacy supporters

Answer 1

C) were divided between the Union and the Confederacy

Answer 2

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were slave state that did not secede from the Union. They were known as border states and did not have to jail citizens. Their slaves were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.