What was the status of the four border states at the beginning of the Civil War?

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14 July, 06:59

What was the status of the four border states at the beginning of the Civil War?

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Keira Rosario · Answer 1

At the beginning of the civil war the four border states kind of acted as a buffer between the north and the south. They were slave holding states (like the south) but they sympathized with the north.