When President Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton thought
What will be an ideal response?
Washington, DC. might be under Confederate attack.
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Why did southern progressives support the disfranchisement and segregation of African Americans?
A) They argued it would lead to economic growth. B) They were more racist than most in the South. C) They wanted protection from the Ku Klux Klan. D) They believed it was necessary for political and social reform.
Which is Harriet Beecher Stowe's best-selling 1852 novel that aroused widespread Northern sympathy for slaves and widespread Southern anger?
A. Uncle Tom's Cabin B. In the Wilderness C. Nat Turner's Rebellion D. Aunt Phillis's Cabin
Like the North during the Civil War, the South
a. exempted the wealthy from military service. b. experienced draft riots. c. found volunteer enlistments woefully inadequate to meet manpower needs. d. drafted women into non-combat military service. e. used black soldiers.
The Cape of Good Hope was rounded in 1487 by
a. Abram Voorhies. b. Vasco da Gama. c. Ferdinand Magellan. d. Bartolomeu Dias. e. Henry the Navigator.