The border states were those
a. slave states that remained loyal to the Union.
b. free states that joined the Confederacy.
c. states divided between the Union and Confederacy.
d. states along the border of Canada and the United States.
e. states along the border of Mexico and the United States.
Question 2
The legislature of South Carolina called a convention to consider secession in response to the
a. admission of California as a free state.
b. the Dred Scott decision.
c. election of Republican Abraham Lincoln.
d. election of Stephen Douglas as the Illinois senator.
e. Missouri Compromise.
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