History Questions & Answers (Compiled from UPSC, SSC ,PSC ,IBPS previous question papers)

  • Which of these was a direct consequence of the Civil War?

  • The disintegration of the Whig Party
  • The addition of new states to the Union
  • The use of popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery
  • The extension of voting rights to African American men
  • Explanation:

    When the Civil War ended the U.S. entered a period call Reconstruction. During Reconstruction three amendments were added to the Constitution. The 15thAmendment allows African American men the right to vote.


  • The Kansas-­‐Nebraska Act concerned which issue?

  • The right of Northerners to own slaves
  • The sale of federal lands to slave owners
  • The expansion of slavery into new territories
  • The return of slaves who had escaped from the South
  • Explanation:

    The Kansas-­‐Nebraska Act was passed to allow for settlement in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
    The act allowed for settlers to vote on whether or not the territory would have slavery.
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