Impacts of the war (AQA GCSE History): Quizzes
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What industrial advantages did the North have over the South during the Civil War?
What industrial advantages did the North have over the South during the Civil War?
Factories & railway networks
What did Southern agriculture depend primarily on before the Civil War ended?
What did Southern agriculture depend primarily on before the Civil War ended?
Slave labour
What economic problem made it difficult for Southern civilians to buy basic necessities?
What economic problem made it difficult for Southern civilians to buy basic necessities?
Spiralling inflation
How did the telegraph transform Americans' experience of the war?
How did the telegraph transform Americans' experience of the war?
News reached cities faster than before
What shocked the public about the 1863 Gettysburg photograph?
What shocked the public about the 1863 Gettysburg photograph?
It showed dead soldiers
What new public role did thousands of women take on during the Civil War?
What new public role did thousands of women take on during the Civil War?
Nurses
Why did some Southern women organise public protests during the war?
Why did some Southern women organise public protests during the war?
Their children were starving
What effect did the Northern naval blockade have on the South?
What effect did the Northern naval blockade have on the South?
It prevented goods entering/leaving ports
What did conscription laws force men to do during the Civil War?
What did conscription laws force men to do during the Civil War?
Enter military service
What tactics did guerrilla warfare groups use in Southern states?
What tactics did guerrilla warfare groups use in Southern states?
Ambushes & sabotage
What controlled daily life in Southern towns under martial law?
What controlled daily life in Southern towns under martial law?
Military authorities
When was the Northern naval blockade established?
When was the Northern naval blockade established?
1861