The Divided Union – Civil War Map 1860-1865 Name: ________________________ Period: _________ Date: ________
Directions: Using the maps in your textbook and in class materials, locate the following states and bodies of water to
learn which states stayed in the Union and which seceded. Label the states on the outline map on the back of this page
and use shading and the map’s key to show which states were free states, which were slave states and remained in the
Union, and which were slave states and seceded.
States and Bodies of Water
States
Massachusetts
Florida
Rhode Island
Georgia
Maryland
Maine
Texas
Tennessee
Iowa
Alabama
California
Wisconsin
Mississippi
West Virginia
Indiana
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Missouri
Arkansas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Minnesota
Illinois
Vermont
Michigan
New Hampshire
Ohio
New York
Virginia
Oregon
New Jersey
Connecticut
Kentucky
Kansas
Bodies of Water
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio River
Draw a boundary line in red across the border states separating the Union and the Confederacy.
Make sure to fill in the key and label the Union and Confederate States appropriately.
After you finish labeling your map, use it to answer the following questions.
1. Were the states that border the Pacific Ocean free states or slave states?
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2. How many states remained part of the Union?
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3. How many states seceded from the Union?
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4. Which Union states bordered states that seceded? Were these border states free states or slave states?
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5. What would the Union accomplish if it could gain control of the entire Mississippi River?
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Locate and label the following battles on your map.
Use Blue stars for Union Victories and Red stars for Confederate Victories.
Fort Sumter
Chancellorsville
Bull Run (Manassas)
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Antietam
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Fredericksburg
Appomattox Court House