Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that
a. Lincoln had ordered the fort reinforced with federal troops.
b. Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
c. the fort's commander was planning to evacuate his troops secretly from the fort.
d. Lincoln had called for seventy-five thousand militia troops to form a voluntary Union army.
e. southern support for secession was weakening.
b
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For what reason did Henry Grady use the term "the New South"?
A) Reconstruction had achieved its goal. B) The plot planter elite no longer dominated the South. C) The former Confederate states were now forward looking and embraced industrialization. D) Democrats had reclaimed control of the South.
A major cause of Bacon's Rebellion was
a. hatred for the domineering Governor William Berkeley. b. Bacon's friendship with the local Indians. c. Bacon's commitment to democratic principles. d. the impact of the English Civil War on the Virginians.
The core of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's economic program in Bolivia was a
A) vast expansion of tin exports. B) relocation of unemployed miners in the Amazon area. C) new plan to promote import substitution industrialization. D) privatization of state enterprises and downsizing of the state.
Which statement best describes the underlying reason for Andrew Johnson's impeachment hearings
a. He refused to appoint Ulysses S. Grant as Secretary of War. b. He was at odds with the Republican majority over Reconstruction. c. He appointed corrupt cabinet members and ignored their illegal activities.