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As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway [1] republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 5, 1865. [8]
The United States is a country primarily located in North America. Demographics of the United States concern matters of population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects regarding the population. American population 1790–1860
Timeline of pre–United States history; Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) Timeline of the history of the United States (1790–1819) Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899) Timeline of the history of the United States (1900–1929)
January 19 – Georgia secedes from the Union; January 26 – Louisiana secedes from the Union; February 1 – Texas secedes from the Union; February 4 – Secessionist states establish the Confederate States of America; February 9 – Jefferson Davis elected provisional president of the Confederacy.
The Confederate States never held much power over the state, but it was given full representation in the legislature. [253] Disputes: December 21, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Osage, and the Seneca and Shawnee. [254] [255] Disputes: December 23, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Cherokee, granting ...
The Union blockade shut down Confederate ports. It remains the deadliest war in American history, resulting in the deaths of about 750,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties. [d] About ten percent of all Northern males 20–45 years old, and thirty percent of all Southern white males aged 18–40 died. [123]
As the population of the free states began to outstrip the population of the slave states, leading to control of the House of Representatives by free states, the Senate became the preoccupation of slave-state politicians interested in maintaining a congressional veto over federal policy with regard to slavery and other issues important to the ...