The Confederates established the first mandatory military recruitment in the history of America in April 1862. It was obvious that the South, with a total population of 9 million (including 4 million slaves) needed to use its entire male population to repel the North, which had a population of 22 million in 1860. In the south, men who had 20 slaves were exempted from recruitment, however, the mandatory program aroused the resentment of most of the army because most were poor. With the war, the south was left devastated, with great material destruction and an economic one. The growing precariousness of the Confederates led to about one third of the army deserting.

While the northern economy grew the southern one sank victim of the inflation, of the shortage caused by the war, reason why the population had many disadvantages to feed itself and to continue with its normal life.

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Who are the Aztec? How big is their empire?

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By the early 16th century, the Aztecs ruled 500 tiny republics and 5 to 6 million people via conquest and trade. Tenochtitlá/n was Mesoamerica's most populous metropolis with more than 140,000 people. Hence the Aztecs were the biggest civilization in the 16th hundred.

This is further explained below.

<h3>Who are the Aztecs? </h3>

Generally, At the start of the 16th century, the Aztecs had grown to command anything between hundred and four to five hundred teeny-tiny states and between five and six million people.

This was all accomplished under their rule.

In conclusion, this was achieved by either military conquest or commercial exchange. Tenochtitlá/n was the most populated and densely populated civilization ever to be in Mesoamerica.

At the ap/e/x of its power, the city was residence to more than 140,000 people, making it the largest city that has ever existed in Mesoamerica.