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Background information: This passage comes from a white coffee planter named P. J. Laborie. He wrote this book to share his expertise with other Britons about the cultivation of coffee in Jamaica.In order to make the best of the powers of the enslaved African, and to keep him helpless, punishment is unfortunately sometimes necessary. Such also is the case with soldiers, with sailors, and with all servile classes of men.Why would a historian find this to be a biased source of information?
General Ulysses S. Grant was known for hisA) subtle tactical geniusB) reluctance to spend lives in bloody assaultsC) aggressive assault on Confederate resourcesD) mild mannered behaviorE) defensive style of warfare
During the American Civil War, Great Britain adopted the policy ofA) extending full diplomatic recognition to the ConfederacyB) cooperating fully with the U.S. governmentC) staying completely out of the conflictD) remaining neutral, while permitting limited aid to the ConfederatesE) supplying the Confederacy with troops and arms
During the Civil War, Kansas and Missouri wereA) away from the fighting, thus largely peacefulB) the scene of four major battlesC) ravaged by guerrilla bands from both sidesD) attacked by Indians allied with the ConfederacyE) uninvolved in the political issues of the war
Sea power played an especially important role in the Civil War in the form of theA) Confederate raids on Northern shippingB) Union blockade of the Confederate coastC) transportation of rebel troops and supplies on steamboatsD) ironclad ships that appeared during the warE) Confederates' ability to control all Southern ports
Experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War includedA. all of the answers belowB. a heroic and deadly attempt to take Fort WagnerC. a higher mortality rate than that of white soldiersD. often being required to do menial laborE. initially receiving pay that was lower than that of whites
What was the main reason for Irish immigration in mid-1800s?
What country was Tecumseh supported by in the Battle of Tippecanoe?
What power was given to the Supreme Court in the court case Marbury v. Madison?
Technological advances in arms and artillery in the era of the Civil War resulted inA) fortifications and trenches no longer being usedB) the Confederates having better weapons than the UnionC) battles that featured almost inconceivable slaughterD) generals refusing to use fearsome new artillery gunsE) innovative battle strategies that reduced the likelihood of death
What river did Lewis and Clark travel on for the majority of their journey?
The inventor of modern baseball wasA. Abner DoubledayB. Kenesaw Mountain LandesC. Alexander CartwrightD. John McGrawE. Henry Chadwick
Why were the judges involved in the Judiciary Act of 1801 called the "Midnight Judges"?
What was in charge of determining who would be president in the election of 1800?
The Battle of Antietam wasA) the first Civil War battleB) the bloodiest single day's fighting of the warC) a victory for General Lee's Army of Northern VirginiaD) a proof to President Lincoln of the inspired leadership of General George B. McClellanE) Robert E. Lee's greatest victory in the war
The ethno-cultural group of historians studying the Civil War was led byA. Charles BeardB. William GienappC. Alfred Russell WallaceD. Eric FonerE. Eugene Genovese
What was James Polk's campaign slogan, "Fifty Four Forty or Fight" referring to?
The Emancipation Proclamation was significant in that itA)all of the answers belowB)established the elimination of slavery as a justification for the warC)eventually freed thousands of slavesD)helped to provide black volunteers for the Union ArmyE)caused the freeing of slaves in border states before the end of the war
The victorious Union commanders who led the final major campaigns of the war wereA) Johnston and LeeB) McClellan and HookerC) Beauregard and JacksonD) Sherman and GrantE) Grant and McClellan
On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant atA) Washington, D.C.B) RichmondC) Appomattox CourthouseD) Durham, North CarolinaE) Petersburg, Virginia