Which of the following occurred shortly after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) The border states abolished slavery.
B) Tens of thousands of slaves liberated themselves.
C) Two Confederate states sued for peace.
D) Great Britain joined the war on the Union side.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
The Iroquois leader who helped his nation revive its old customs was
a. Powhatan. b. Handsome Lake. c. Pocahontas. d. De La Warr. e. Pontiac.
In the late 19th century, Congress tried to limit the power of monopolies by
(a) creating the Federal Trade Commission (b) strengthening the Supreme Court (c) adopting Granger laws (d) passing the Sherman Antitrust Act
How did the congressmen who posed for this 1920 photo most likely hope the public would see the Japanese picture brides photographed with them?
A) as shockingly short B) as astonishingly beautiful C) as ridiculously confused D) as sympathetically penitent E) as disquietingly exotic
Charles Martel was significant in European history primarily due to his
A) founding of the Carolingian Dynasty. B) repulsion of the Arab invaders from Spain. C) rebuilding of the Frankish kingship. D) seizing the title "mayor of the palace" via civil war in 714. E) All of these