Secession of the Southern States, 1861 shows the fracture line that broke the Union apart, state by state. Four shaded categories carry the whole story: free states and territories, the border states that stayed loyal, the slave states that seceded before the attack on Fort Sumter, and the slave states that left only after it. That distinction is the lesson. The Confederacy assembled in two waves, and students can see the sequence instead of memorizing it.
Middle school and high school U.S. History teachers hang it during the Fort Sumter and secession unit, home school parents use it for timeline work, and curriculum coordinators pair it with other titles in the same series.
- Four shaded categories: free states and territories, Union border states, states seceding before Fort Sumter, states seceding after
- Published by Kappa Map Group as part of its Classroom Series
- Meets U.S. History curriculum requirements for public, private, parochial, and home schools
- Finishing choices include paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, rails in black or walnut molding, and framed
- Spring roller with backboard available, and Map Shop can combine 2 to 8 history maps on one roller system

