Question

How did the presence of the border states illustrate a difference between the Union and Confederacy? (5 points)

Answer 1

The presence of the border states illustrated that the union's population was divided on the issue of slavery. Option C is correct.

Slavery played the central role during the American Civil War.

Confederacy, in the American Civil War, was made up of the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61.

The Union, also refered to as the North, were made up of the United States of America and specifically the national government of President Abraham Lincoln as well as the 20 free states and four border and slave states that supported it.

Answer 2

The Union's population was divided on the issue of slavery. the answer  is the third one