Why did the North need to maintain control of the border states during

the Civil War?

AControl of the border states would have given the South access to

much-needed centers of industry.

BPresident Lincoln needed the region’s political support to maintain

the presidency.

CThe North relied on the slave labor in the region for production.

DThe border states created an impenetrable buff er zone between the

North and South.

EThe land of the border states was vital for the completion of a

transcontinental railroad.