Union victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg successfully achieved what Union war goal?
A) to cut off the Confederate states west of the Mississippi
B) to obtain stored-up cotton from Southern docks
C) to seize the resource-rich Lower South
D) to isolate South Carolina
Answer: A
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The Patriot leader who expressed the greatest concerns about more radical forms of democracy was
A) Timothy Matlack. B) George Washington. C) George Mason. D) Thomas Paine. E) John Adams.
Reform-minded business executives like Alexander Cassatt generally a. supported cooperative factories that were managed but not owned by rank-and-file factory workers. b. supported some government regulation in order to protect their own interests from more radical politicalelements
c. had begun seriously to question the capitalist system. d. supported a more equitable distribution of wealth and capital in the United States.
Some southern denominations publicly defended slavery
A. because slavery was a means of social control. B. because slavery was an efficient means to evangelize blacks. C. because they viewed slavery as a "positive good." D. because it helped control slaves and keep down potential uprisings. E. All of the above
Which of the following highlights the irony of the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) It excludes people from the former colonies of Europe. B) It has been awarded to more military than civilian leaders. C) It is administered in a country that has waged the most wars. D) It is funded in part by profits made from the sale of armaments.