Question

In the years leading up to the Civil War, the South continued to fall behind the North in all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A)industry and factories
B)infrastructure such as railroads
C)extending the legal right to vote to poor people
D)population

Answer 1

In the years leading up to the Civil War, the South continued to fall behind the North in all of the following except "D) population", since this was before a large number of people moved from the South to the North.