American Civil War Quiz

Which group of people were primarily relied upon for labor in the Southern plantations?

• Immigrants

• Indentured servants

• Free citizens

• Enslaved Africans

How did the North respond to the Southern states' attempt to secede?

• By recognizing their independence

• By declaring war

• By negotiating a compromise

• By offering economic incentives

What type of slavery was prevalent in the American South, where individuals were considered property?

• Indentured servitude

• Serfdom

• Chattel slavery

• Wage labor

What was the attitude of the North towards abolition?

• Acceptance

• Indifference

• Abolition

• Endorsement

Who were some prominent abolitionists mentioned in the video?

• Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas Jefferson and George Washington

• John Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass

• Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

When did the Civil War begin?

• 1850

• 1860

• 1812

• 1861

What was the primary economic activity in the North during the time period discussed in the video?

• Agriculture

• Manufacturing

• Mining

• Trading

What did the invention of the cotton gin do to cotton farming?

• Made it less profitable

• Made it more profitable

• Made it easier to find workers

• Made it harder to grow cotton

Which of the following crops was NOT commonly grown in the region discussed in the video?

• Wheat

• Cotton

• Rice

• Tobacco

What was the main reason for the South's reliance on slavery?

• Moral principles

• Economic necessity

• Political ideology

• Cultural tradition