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What was the slave population during the American Civil War?
About 3 million
How did the American victory over Mexico contribute to to the civil war?
The war was pushed by pro-slave interests (Polk himself was a pro-slave southerner), renewing the slave question; after the war with Mexico, this conflict planted the seeds of the American Civil War (1861-1865).
What war was caused after Texas became a slave state?
The American Civil War.
How many free and slave states were there?
15 slave states and 19 free states during the American Civil War
What issue lay at the heart of the civil war?
To keep a lengthy answer short, Slavery. That and the power of slave states in comparison to the power of non slave states in government.
How did African American struggle against the slave system?
African Americans struggled against the slave system because the system denied them both freedom and wages
How does the American Civil War link to the slave trade?
The civil war was fought because of slavery. North=No Slavery South=More Slavery
Was Maryland a free state during the civil war?
No, it was a slave-state that had narrowly voted against joining the Confederacy.
Who would bye a slave?
People that would buy a slave would buy them because they needed work to be done. They were called, "slave owners". Slavery is now illegal. The Civil War fought against slavery.
Did the war with Mexico divide Americans or bring them to gather?
It divided them between pro-slave and anti-slave believers. It eventually led to the American Civil War (1861-1865)
How many slave states remained in the Union and fought against the Confederacy in the Civil War?
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.
Which region of the country had the most power in Congress before the Civil War?
The North. And Congress was increasingly reluctant to allow new slave-states. So the voting balance in Congress was tilting against the South. That's what they were so defensive about.
