Which of the following events happened first during the early days of the Civil War?
A) the agreement by Britain and France to honor the Union blockade
B) the bloody First Battle of Bull Run in Virginia
C) the establishment of a cotton embargo
D) the call for 75,000 volunteers for 90 days' service in the North
E) the firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina
E
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A) toleration B) a new synthesis C) suppression of Islam D) exile of dissidents
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A) lower prices for public lands B) construction of railroad lines C) banning slavery west of the Appalachians D) campaigns to kill off all western Indians
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A) the Persian Gulf. B) China. C) Bosnia and Kosovo. D) Grenada.
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