Directions: As you participate in the Southern States Secede interactive, identify which states fit in each category below.

Categories States that fall into each category Did the state support the Union or the Confederacy
Territories under Union Control Washington, Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska, Colorado Union
Free States Oregon, California, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, new jersey, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. Union
Slave States in the Confederacy by February of 1861
Slave States in the Confederacy after war began
Slave States not in the Confederacy (Border States)
Territories aligned with the Confederacy