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- Which of the following is not a problem for most americans during the great depression
- What term means: to dig a ditch to defend one's position?
- President Lincoln put ______________________________ in charge of the Union army.
- Which term describes the side or edge of a military formation?
- In _____________________, Confederate military leaders Lee and Jackson led troops to a series of stunning victories, such as at _____________________________,___________.
- ______________ ______________________ were not allowed to enlist in the Confederacy, but they were eventually invited to join the Union army.
- The best-known African American regiment was the __________________________________.
- At the urging of abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, President Lincoln signed the ________________________________ . He also eventually allowed African Americans to ___________________ in the Union army.
- At first, the Union offered a(n) _____________________ to encourage men to enlist in the army, but later a(n) _____________________________ was passed that required them to join.
- ____________________________ captured Atlanta, Georgia, and Union navy leaderDavid Farragut succeeded in setting a blockade at_______________________ in Alabama.
- In 1863, the Union won key battles at ____________________ and ___________________.
- Who convinced officials to let women work as nurses and recruited many women to serveas nurses during the Civil War? ____________________________
- The _______________ wanted to preserve the Union while the ______________ wanted to be an independent nation
- The Union's strengths included more ___________________and_________________. The Confederacy had strong ___________________ leaders and ________________ of the terrain on which most of the battles would be fought.
- The decision of the border states —________________, ________________ , ______________, and ________________—to remain loyal to the Union was vital to the Union war effort. _____________________ was especially important because Washington, D.C., was located along the state's border.
- At first, ___________________ had not wanted to make the war about slavery because he was afraid to lose support of the border states.
- What program did President Hoover initiate to provide loans to banks, railroads, and businesses during the early years of the depression?
- who is credited with creating this engraving
- Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in order to punish Boston for the Tea Party by
- In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts cause