Question

The costs of the Civil War included all of the following except .

a more entrenched reliance on slavery in the South

deep resentment and distrust between the North and the South for decades

over 620,000 deaths

the ruin of the South’s economy

Answer 1

a more entrenched reliance on slavery in the South

Explanation: The Civil War abolished slavery (13th Amendment) rather than entrenching it. The other items—deep North–South resentment, roughly 620,000 deaths, and the devastation of the Southern economy—were real costs of the war.