What were the populations of the Union and the Confederacy in the Civil War?

Forty-one people signed the Mayflower Compact, in 1620. How many signed the Declaration of Independence? Fifty-six delegates plus Secretary Charles Thomson, beginning in 1776. How many signed the U.S. Constitution? Thirty-nine delegates plus Secretary William Jackson, in 1787.

Yes, the U.S. has attacked Canada. The U.S. attempted to conquer Canada, then a British colony, in 1813, during the War of 1812. American forces got as far as burning the city of York (now Toronto) before being turned back. In retribution, the British burned much of Washington, D.C., the following year.

Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet capital of Moscow while in office in 1972.

The poem that later became the “Star-Spangled Banner” was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. It was written to commemorate the battle for Fort McHenry, Maryland, during the War of 1812, was called “Defence of Fort M’Henry.”

The first astronauts who went to the moon were: Edwin E. (“Buzz”) Aldrin, Jr., Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins. Collins circled the moon in the capsule while Aldrin and Armstrong landed.

In 1824, the candidates the last time the presidential election went to the House of Representatives were Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay. Jackson won a plurality of both the electoral and popular votes, but not a majority in the Electoral College. In accord with the Constitution, the election was…