These were the four slave-states of the Upper South that had (narrowly) voted against seceding to join the Confederacy.
Lincoln had to use all his diplomacy to keep these states on-side. If they had seceded, it would have tilted the balance against the Union, and the war would probably have been lost.
They were significant because they identified the borders of the U.S.They were significant because they identified the borders of the U.S.
border states
The slave states in between the Union (North) and the Confederates (South). The slave states are: Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (joins later).
Although not the US Army at that time in 1775, it was the beginning of the US Army; the United States was the 13 Colonies of (North) America back then.
The states are; North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, going straight down the Atlantic coast. One could also include Tennessee and Alabama since Tennessee shares part of its northern border with Virginia and part of its southern border with Alabama. Alabama shares its southern border with the northern Florida Panhandle.
For the Union: 23; for the South: 11 Additionally, all border states sent forces to fight for the South and the North.
What two states form a border with Florida
North Caroline and Tennessee. North Carolina and Tennessee.
what states border clolrado
Massachusetts does.
mexico
No but the United States of America does, on the north border at least.
Tennessee and North Carolina
Tennessee and North Carolina
border
border
it was just the north and the south from the border states down or from the border states up
Utah borders the north of Arizona. The states that border Arizona are: California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and new Mexico.