How did the northern public respond to Abraham Lincoln’s preliminary emancipation proclamation?
a. Although abolitionists vehemently opposed it as a lukewarm measure, most northerners accepted it as a necessary step toward military victory.
b. Most northerners embraced the proclamation because it gave a deeper meaning to the bloody fighting they had endured beyond a return to the status quo antebellum.
c. Many northerners looked on the proclamation unfavorably and made their displeasure known by voting for Lincoln’s political opponents.
d. Northerners were almost unanimously opposed to the measure, and responded to it by giving anti-war politicians a convincing majority in Congress after the 1862 elections.
c. Many northerners looked on the proclamation unfavorably and made their displeasure known by voting for Lincoln’s political opponents.
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b. By climate and geography, the South is destined to be and to remain a slave society. c. Slavery is the major means by which all nonwhites throughout the world may ultimately be lifted to a morecivilized state. d. God has decreed that slavery be used to carry His message to the infidels of the world.
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a. the Mattachine Society headquarters (Los Angeles). b. Fire Island, New York. c. Key West, Florida. d. Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana). e. the Stonewall Inn (New York City).
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a. Igbo b. Yoruba c. Hausa d. Fulani e. Gikuyu
What were the Albanians seeking in 1999?
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