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Civil War: The USA History
Civil War: The USA History
Union states
Union territories
Kansas, entered Union as
a free state
Union border states that
permitted slavery
The Confederacy
Union territories that
permitted slavery
Before Lincoln took office, seven
states had declared their secession
from the Union. They established a
Southern government, the
Confederate States of America on
February 4, 1861.
They took control of federal forts and
other properties within their
boundaries with little resistance from
outgoing President James Buchanan,
whose term ended on March 4, 1861.
The Union states