Once President Lincoln had decided to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, he delayed
a. hoping for a military victory.
b. expecting the South to surrender.
c. until a new Union commander could be found who would support his decision.
d. until after the election of 1864.
e. until the British entered the war.
a
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During the early 1840s, many Americans, particularly those living in the Mississippi Valley and the Northeast, saw the most important issue as:
a. the boundary disputes with England b. distribution of profits from land sales c. western expansion across the continent d. improved tariff policy
The novelist whose work helped encourage passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act was
A) William Dean Howells. B) Lincoln Steffens. C) Eugene Debs. D) Upton Sinclair.
At its height, from the sixth through fourth centuries BCE, Meroë could best be described as a(n) ____________.
a. Absolutist monarchy. b. Merchant oligarchy. c. Democratic republic. d. Decentralized monarchy.
The ________________ offered assistance to veterans for education, job-training, and financing a home
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word