Complete the following sentences about the antebellum period. before the civil war, the south had (29 percent, 52 percent, 71 percent) of the total us population. almost (one half, one third, one tenth) of this population was made up of slaves.

The correct answers are 29% (first blank) and one third (second blank).

This statistics show that the Southern states had a huge disadvantage in terms of numbers in comparison to the North. This would play a prominent factor in the Civil War, as the Union was able to outlast the Confederacy due to the higher number of troops available.