NAEP US History Grade 8

Category - US History

A city of ruins, of desolation, of vacant houses, of widowed women, of rotting wharves, of deserted warehouses . . . acres of pitiful and voiceless barrenness-that is Charleston. The news report best supports which statement?
  1. Cities on the coast saw the worst of the fighting in the Civil War.
  2. During the Civil War urban areas in the South suffered.
  3. The destruction of cities had little effect on the progress of the Civil War.
  4. The Civil War had little effect on city life in the North.
Explanation
Answer: B - During the Civil War urban areas in the South suffered.
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