What does the idea of "total war" mean? Identify at least three ways the Civil War was a total war. What was the significance of each? Which one was the most important, in your view?
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Why did many wealthy Americans resist calls for independence in 1776?
A) They were convinced that an American victory was impossible. B) They had strong social and economic ties to Britain. C) They believed that independence would lead to the abolition of slavery. D) They thought the time was not yet right to break with Britain.
Like the Spanish in Brazil, the French in Canada and the English in Virginia focused on __________
A) the slave trade B) self-sufficient colonies C) a single major export D) mineral resources
Both the East African coast and the sahel region gave rise to states that were based on ________
A) the exchange of goods between two zones B) river valleys C) conquest of large regions D) primarily indigenous African traditions
After the war, the generation of Americans who fought the Revolutionary War
A) preferred European to American newspapers. B) became passionately absorbed by political debates. C) focused on private rather than public affairs. D) rejected religious notions of the nation's destiny.