Battle of Vicksburg
What will be an ideal response?
Turning point in the war
Mississippi is taken by the union
Grant lead victory for the Union in Vicksburg by putting the city under siege until the defenders gave up and surrendered
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A) Jimmy Carter won a narrow victory by positioning himself as an outsider who could help deal with the struggling economy. B) Henry Jackson and Morris Udall battled it out in the Democratic primary, with Jackson edging Udall, only to lose in the general election to Ronald Reagan. C) Gerald Ford won a close reelection after many television viewers believed he had won the presidential debate. D) Ronald Reagan successfully defeated Gerald Ford during the primaries, but he lost the general election.
In which of the following years was the percentage of employed children between 10 and 15 the highest?
a. 1900 b. 1910 c. 1920 d. 1930
The Greek influence on Roman civilization came primarily from its encounters with regions associated with __________ culture
A) Hellenistic B) Etruscan C) Celtic D) Egyptian
Ferdinand and Isabella were willing to fund the voyage of Christopher Columbus because
a. they were fascinated with the prospects of scientific discovery b. they sought to expand their dominance in the Atlantic trade along the African Coast. c. they had received explicit papal authorization to invade the New World d. they were eager to break into the overseas trading dominated by the Arabs and the Portuguese.