Effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction — Quiz

Question 1

The South’s economy in the 1850s is best described as

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plantation-based and agricultural.

Question 2

Why did the early battles of the Civil War favor the South?

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The South had more effective military commanders.

Question 3

During the Civil War, the North began to dominate the South after the battle at

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Gettysburg.

Question 4

The first president of the Confederate States of America was

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Jefferson Davis.

Question 5

Which of these was an advantage of the North during the Civil War?

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a strong industrial economy

Question 6

How was the economy of the South in the 1850s connected to the culture of slavery?

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The agricultural economy depended on enslaved labor for its survival.

Question 7

Why did violence occur in Kansas after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Opposing forces clashed because they disagreed about popular sovereignty and slavery.

Question 8

The first major Union victory and one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War came at

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Antietam.

Question 9

After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, John Brown became

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an antislavery leader and abolitionist.

Question 10

An immediate result of Lincoln’s election in 1860 was that

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seven Southern states seceded.

Effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction — Quiz Answers