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When did the American Civil War take place?
Correct answer: April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865.
How many southern and northern states fought against each other during the war?
Correct answer: 11 southern states and 25 northern states.
Two-thirds did not die directly from battle injuries, but from what?
Answer: They mainly died from diseases, which they couldn't treat at that time since they didn't have as much medical knowledge/ the level of medical knowledge wasn't super high at that time.
In the southern states, one third of the population was African Americans. How many percent African Americans did the northern states have?
Correct answer: 1% (one percent.)
What disagreement/topic caused the southern and northern "blocks" to develop differently during the 19th century?
Correct answer: The existence of slavery in the southern states.
In 1808, a law was passed to ban the African slave trade in the northern states. The slaves that were already brought to America were still slaves, and their children would also be born into slavery. True/false?
Correct answer: True
Why did people in the 19th century, move to the northern states, rather than the southern states?
Answer: The north was less dependent on the use of slave labour, meaning they got more industrialised and had a better economic status.
There was a movement in the 19th century, in the south, but what was the movement about?
Answer: In the 19th century a movement towards southern nationalism started, it was about if they should secession/withdrawl from The union, which gradually became something worth considering.
What was the Confederate States of America?
Answer: It was a group of 7 southern states that in 1861 declared a secession from The Union. Those states then became the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as president. Later 4 other southern states joined, making them 11 in total.
This led to the start of The American Civil War.
10% of all Northern men aged between 20
and 45 were killed.
30% of all Southern men aged between 18 and 40 were killed.
But in total overall, what was the percentage of people killed in The United States during The American Civil War?
Answer: In total 3% of the American population was killed during The American Civil War.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: The Emancipation Proclamation an executive order which was issued by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. This order meant that slaves who weren't free in the confederate part of America, were now proclaimed freedom.
This made the American Civil war about freedom, since the soliders from the north now freed slaves in the south. The slaves that had been freed could now fight for the others, in the northern states armies.
The Emancipation Proclamation also had a big political impact on making slavery ablolished in the United States.