The correct answer is B.
The desire to include slaves in the population count was a high priority for many southerns. Even though a higher population means paying more in federal taxes, a significant amount of southerners wanted slaves to count in the population. This is because population determines how many representatives a state gets in the US House of Representatives. On the other hand, many Northerners did not want slaves to count, as this would give slave states more political power in the House of Representatives.
Ultimately, the 3/5ths compromise is adopted, which states that for every 5 slaves, 3 will count towards the population of a given state.
The draft laws allowed substitutes , meaning the rich could get out of serving in the army. this naturally made those who could't afford a substitute to be angered . ( typically, substitutes could be purchased for $300 -- and $300 in 1863 was a bout the equivalent to almost $6,000 in modern terms. <span />
Answer: The American Civil War was the first war of the modern age. The two sides used advances in communications and military technology to revolutionize the ways in which battles were fought. ... The arrival of railroads and telegraphs also changed the nature of battle.
