The New York City draft riots led to the deaths of more than a hundred people, many of them __________.
A. poor Irish immigrants
B. Union recruiting officers
C. African Americans
D. wealthy draft dodgers
Answer: C
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The Union's spring campaign of 1864 in Virginia ended in:
a. a stalemate, with a ten-month siege at Petersburg. b. defeat and a humiliating retreat back to northern soil. c. the occupation of the Confederate capital of Richmond. d. replacing Ulysses Grant as commander of the Army of the Potomac with William T. Sherman.
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A. Great Britain. B. Germany. C. Russia. D. the United States. E. France.
The main purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to:
a. train young men for the Army Corps of Engineers b. build environmental education projects at the first national parks c. provide work relief for young men d. promote conservation practices by the general public e. give young women an opportunity to earn money for higher education