In the aftermath of disillusionment caused by the wholesale change and reform instigated by British missionaries, the Great Mutiny of 1857, also known by the British as the Sepoy Mutiny and by the Indians as the _________, broke out among the East India Company’s Sepoy troops and swiftly turned into a civil war as pro- and anti-British Indian forces clashed across Northern India.
a. The Great Mutiny
b. Sepoy Revolt
c. First War of Independence
d. The Great Mutiny Revolt
c. First War of Independence
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) passing its own much tougher version. B) using its militia to safeguard slaves fleeing to Canada. C) nullifying the federal law. D) passing its own watered-down version of the legislation.
Early in the Civil War, President Lincoln hoped to end slavery by
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Roosevelt expected the first attacks on the United States to be
A. made by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. B. made by Germany. C. a coordinated attack made by both Japan and Germany on each coast. D. made by the Japanese in the Philippines.