The researchers analyzed data from all censuses conducted over the years 1850 to 1880, allowing them to track population changes before and after the war. They focused their attention on males of ...

Settled by the English in 1670, the colony named for King Charles I was split into North ... War – the bloodiest four years in American history. The Civil War devastated South Carolina’s ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to ... territorial expansion. The South wished to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping ...

The North wanted to block the spread of slavery. They were also concerned that an extra slave state would give the South a political advantage. The South thought new states should be free to allow ...