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At the start of the US Civil War, there were 3,950,528 slaves in the south. This was up from a population of just over one million at the start of the century. Ever increasing international demand for southern raw materials caused the number of slaves to rise.

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What statement best describes the population of America prior to the start of the civil war?

The US population just prior to the US Civil War had the Southern "slave" states under populated in comparison to the Northern non-slave states. The total US population was approximately 31,443,321.Roughly 23 million people lived in the "North" and the "South's" population was about 11 million of which almost 4 million were slaves.


What was the north's population after the civil war?

North had way more people than South NEW RESPONDENT At the outbreak of Civil War, the Union had 18 715 055 inhabitants, the CSA had 9 103 332 inhabitants, of which 3 522 034 slaves, the Border States had 3 024 745 inhabitants, of which 430 929 slaves.


What was the norths population during the American Civil War?

At the start of the American Civil War, the South's population has been estimated to have stood at approximately 9 million persons total. By contrast, the population of the North at the start of hostilities is estimated to have been over double that -- at approximately 22 million.


Approximately how many factories were located in the South at the beginning of the Civil War?

202345 factories


When was the blockade made to stop the south from getting cotton in the Civil War?

It was the first strategic move made by Lincoln on the outbreak of war. But it wasn't to stop the South from getting cotton. It was to stop the South exporting cotton and importing the foreign goods they needed, having no manufacturing capacity of their own.

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