alleryStart learning →At the outbreak of war, how did the two sides compare in states and population?
A18 states of 15 million against 16 of 12 million
B20 states of 18 million against 14 of 11 million
C23 states of 22 million against 11 of 9 million
D25 states of 25 million against 9 of 6 million
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 23 states of 22 million against 11 of 9 million
1. Both sections entered the war with high hopes for an early victory.
2. Twenty-three states with a population of 22 million were arrayed against 11 states inhabited by 9 million.
3. The north's industrial superiority exceeded even its preponderance in manpower.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
Keep practising Sectional Conflict and Civil War
Browse all Sectional Conflict and Civil War questions for AP US History, or explore more US History topics.
Related questions
Pick the Civil War figure, fastComplete the amendmentsCivil War: true or false?Drop the road to civil war on the lineWhat step by President Hayes in 1877 ended northern rule in the south?Which was the only southern state legislature that did not refuse to ratify the FourteenthWhich amendment, ratified in December 1865, abolished slavery in the United States?Under Lincoln's 1863 reconstruction plan, what share of a state's 1860 voters had to form