Question

Before the Civil War, the South had 1._____ of the total US population. Almost 2.____ of this population was made up of enslaved people.

1 A.29 B.52 C.71
2 A.1/2 B.1/3 C.1/10

Answer 1

1 = A

2 = B

Step-by-step explanation:

1 = A because the south was made up of 16 states with around 8 million people, and the union was made up of around 18 and a half million so the south had less then half of the total US population.

2 = B (counting the border states) because the confederacy had around 8 million people, and around 4 million of those were enslaved so that means 1/2 of the total southern population was made up of enslaved people.