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Explore the Civil War 15.1

on MyHistoryLab
15.2

what BroUGht the
United states to the 15.3
ciViL war?

By 1860, the United States was 15.4
divided between North and South, a
divergence centered on the issue of
slavery. Other elements, however, also
separated the two sides. The South
was mostly agricultural and rural
compared to the far more urbanized
and industrialized North. By 1861, ciViL war Union soldiers pose with a captured Confederate cannon.
the two sides were in the Civil War as
eleven southern states had seceded
as the Confederacy. A bloody conflict
ensued that lasted until 1865 and RESOURCES Of THE UNION AND THE CONfEDERACy, 1861
cost more American lives than any
other U.S. war before or since. The Industrial Railroad
Union eventually won, bolstered by its Workers factories Tracks (miles)
economic advantages, but only after Union 1,300,000 110,000 22,000
the deaths of 752,000 men. Confederacy 110,000 1,800 9,000

1,400,000 120,000 25,000
1,200,000 Union Union Union
Confederacy 100,000 Confederacy 20,000 Confederacy
1,000,000
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800,000 15,000
60,000
600,000 10,000
400,000 40,000
5,000
200,000 20,000
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Industrial Workers 0 Railroad Tracks (miles)
Factories
MULtIPLe SOURCeS: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/2896?archive=ICPSR&q=historical+economic+
data+united+states ]; Railroads and the Making of Modern America Digital History Project, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. [http://railroads.unl.edu/shared/resources/1861_Railroad.kml];
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/2896?archive=ICPSR&q=historical+economic+data+united+states ]

K E Y Q U ES T i O n S Use MyhistoryLab Explorer to answer these questions:

comparison How did response Where were analysis How did
the South’s population density the major Civil War battles the North win the Battle of
contrast to that of the North? fought? Gettysburg?

Map area data based on census Consider different regional examine the course of this
information. strategies that affected military decisive battle.
campaigns.

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