History of the Americas Questions
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Financial institution set up by the wartime federal government to sell war bonds and issue a stable paper currency.
True or False: In order to appease the Border States, Lincoln first insisted that the North was fighting only to preserve the Union and not to abolish slavery.
Lincoln argued that his assertion of sweeping executive powers and suspension of certain civil liberties was justified because
True or False: The South's advantage in the Civil War was that it only had to fight to a stalemate on its own territory, while the North had to fight a war of conquest against a hostile population.
A British ship from which two Confederate diplomats were forcibly removed by the U.S. Navy,, creating a major crisis between London and Washington
Which of the following was not among the Border States?a) Missourib) Kentucky c) Oklahomad) Delaware
The original four Border States where secession failed but slavery still survived.
True or False: The Civil War draft reflected the North's commitment to fighting a war based on the ideal of equal treatment of citizens from all economic conditions.
Ironclad warships that were kept out of Confederate hands by Minister Adams's stern protests to the British government.
Among the significant advantages the Confederacy possessed at the beginning of the Civil War was..
The four states that joined the Confederacy only after Lincoln's call for troops to suppress the rebellion in April 1861 were
The federal military installation in Charleston Harboor against which the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Confederate navy warship built in Britain that wreaked havoc on Norththern shipping until it was finally sunk in 1864.
True or False: Northern women effectively supported the Union cause through hospital and relief work in ways that southern women were prevented from doing.
True or False: The North effectively financed its Civil War effort through an income tax, higher tariffs, and the sale of federal government bonds.
True or False: The French Emperor Napoleon III took advantage of America's Civil War to invade Mexico and install his puppet Emperor Maximilian as the ruler here.
Many new products were introduced in the 1920s. What was the effect of these new products. How did people buy them if they didn't have enough money?
How many years did the Great Depression Last.
Who was president at the beginning of the depression, and what year was he elected?
What is a Dust Bowl, when did it begin in the United States, and how long did the Dust Bowl last during the great Depression?