What brought about the formation of the Whig Party? Describe the evolution of its political fortunes in the 1830s and 1840s.
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Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, and Vicksburg successfully achieved this Union war goal
A) cut off the Confederate states west of the Mississippi B) obtain stored up cotton from southern docks C) seize the resource-rich Lower South D) isolate South Carolina
One of the earliest disputes in the developing Cold War was
a. the overthrow of the government of Yugoslavia. b. whether to divide Germany into zones of occupation. c. the political make-up of the post-war Polish government. d. the question about whether or not to put German war criminals on trial. e. the Russian refusal to abandon territorial claims in Austria.
The 1790 census revealed that, compared to European countries, the American population was all of the following EXCEPT
A) extraordinarily youthful. B) exceptionally diverse. C) growing rapidly. D) remarkably large.
The country described as the "France of Asia" by its secular ruler in the 1960s is
a. Iran. b. Jordan. c. Syria. d. Turkey.