Civil War Map Assignment

This map will show the boundaries of United States during the Civil War, between the years 1861 - 1865, along with the locations of some major events. All the information needed to complete this map is located on pages 483, A20-A21, A22-A23, A31, 494-495 in the history book. Be sure to follow the directions carefully.

 Locate and label the following locations:

1. Union States [blue] 2. U.S. Territories [blue] 3. Border States that stayed in the Union [blue] 4. Confederate States [grey] 5. Territorial Area Claimed by the Confederacy [grey] 6. Border States that seceded from the Union [grey] 7. Washington D.C. 8. Richmond, Virginia 9. Fort Sumter 10. Atlantic Ocean 11. Gulf of Mexico 12. Pacific Ocean 13. Mississippi River 14. Battle of Bull Run 15. Battle of Gettysburg 16. Battle of Antietam 17. Sherman’s March

 Answer the following questions with your map. 1. Which side bordered both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? ______2. Which side had both Slave and Free states? ______3. Put a star on the state that was first to secede from the Union. 4. Put a heart on the state that left its mother state and joined the Union in 1863. 5. How many states were in the Union that still had slaves? ______6. How many states seceded from the Union? ______7. How many states remained in the Union? ______8. About how many miles apart were the two capitals? ______