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Complete the following sentences about the antebellum period.
Before the Civil War, the South had 1.____of the total US population. Almost 2.____of this population was made up of slaves.

1.
A. 29 percent
B. 52 percent
C. 71 percent

2.
A.one half
B.one third
C.one tenth