ICSE ICSE Class 8 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

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Marie Antoinette was the queen of ________.

In the first half of the 19th century, the only available source of labour in the United States of America was ______.

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The issue of ______ posed a serious threat to the integrity of the American nation.

The famous book, ______ was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Abraham Lincoln, who became the president of the United States of America in _____ was determined to_______the slaves at all costs.

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The American Civil War was fought on the issue of ________

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The anti-slavery movement began in the _________ states of the United States of America.

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The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin exposed the horrors of_________.

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________ was appointed President of the Confederate States of America.

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_______abolished slavery in America.

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The ___________ states decided to break away from the Union and form a Confederacy of their own.

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The southern states of America began an anti-slavery movement.

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Abraham Lincoln became the 14th president of the United States in 1860.

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The Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery.

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The American Civil War (1861-65) was one of the most bitter wars in the history of mankind

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After the American Civil War Lincoln made plans to repair the damages of the war and heal the wounds of the South.

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What were the two major developments that took place in the United States of America in the first half of the 19th century?

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Why was raw cotton from the southern states in America sent to Lancashire in England?

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Why were slaves considered a ‘necessity’ in the southern states of the USA?