The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance for all of the following reasons except
a. it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade.
b. coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost.
c. it helped to quell Northern peace agitation.
d. it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana.
e. it was the last major battle of the Civil War.
e
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A. orders who had been supportive of the revolution and those in the countryside B. orders who had been supportive of the monarchy and those located in urban centers C. those orders who cared for the sick or ran a school D. those orders who were well connected to nobles or who had been financially supported by the royal family
Which of the following was not a decision of the Marshall Court?
A) Gibbons v. Ogden B) Dartmouth College v. Woodward C) Dred Scott v. Sandford D) McCulloch v. Maryland E) Marbury v. Madison
Why did the Federalists create a tremendous number of new judicial appointments in 1801?
a. They wanted to prevent Republicans from tampering with the Constitution. b. It was part of a compromise deal whereby they would split the appointments with Republicans. c. Most Americans recognized that a growing nation needed additional judges. d. It was a way of getting rid of a number of corrupt judges.
As president, Gerald Ford angered many right-wing conservatives by
A. appointing Nelson Rockefeller as vice president. B. breaking from Richard Nixon's détente policies. C. choosing Robert Dole as his running mate in 1976. D. criticizing the American military leadership in Vietnam. E. praising the ideals of draft resistors in a speech.