True or False: All slave states seceded the Union (The North) and formed the Confederate States of America at the start of the Civil War.

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Scarlet Levy

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27 December, 16:11

True or False: All slave states seceded the Union (The North) and formed the Confederate States of America at the start of the Civil War.

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Zander Farmer · Answer 1

The answer is false. Yes, most of the slave states left the Union to form the Confederacy, but a few states known as border states didn't. These states were pro slavery states, but they did not secede the Union, nor did they join the Confederate states.