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Date
Outline Map Activities
Chapter
16
Section 1 War Erupts
The Divided Union, 1863
A. Use the maps in the atlas and on textbook pages 483, 494, and 495 to locate the
following states and bodies of water and to learn which states stayed in the union
and which seceded. Then 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. Also show the position of the Union blockade using the symbol in the key.
Mass.
Fla.
R.I.
Georgia
Me.
Md.
Texas
Tenn.
Iowa
Ala.
Calif.
Wis.
Miss.
W.Va.
States
Ind.
La.
Pa.
Del.
Mo.
Ark.
N.C.
Minn.
S.C.
Ill.
Vt.
Mich.
N.H.
Ohio
N.Y.
Va.
Oregon
N.J.
Conn.
Ky.
Kan.
Bodies of Water
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio River
B. After 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. Which bodies of water did Union ships occupy as part of the Union blockade?
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4. What new state was formed during this time?
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5. Which Union states bordered states that seceded? Were these border states free
states or slave states?
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6. What body of water did the Union control as a result of keeping Kentucky in
the Union?
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7. What would the Union accomplish if it could gain control of the entire
Mississippi River?
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120˚W
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110˚W
0
0
90˚W
500 km
250 mi
Union blockade
Slave states remaining
in the Union
N
Slave states that seceded
Free States
80˚W
30˚N
40˚N
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