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- Which Enlightenment thinkers influenced the American revolution?
- What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh?A. The Confederate victory gave the South control of the Mississippi River.B. The Union victory ruined the Confederacy's chances to take control of the West.C. The Confederate victory ensured that the Union would not take New Orleans.D. The Union's easy victory convinced General Grant that victory was near.
- What was the significance of the conflict between the Virginia and the Monitor?A. It ended the Union blockade.B. It almost prompted the British to enter the war.C. It marked the birth of the ironclad warship.D. It showed the South's superior industrial resources.
- Was Antietam more impactful in terms of military or politics?
- Why were Elizabeth Ann Seton and her sister - in - law called the Protestant Sisters of Charity ?
- At the end of 1862, the eastern theater of the Civil WarA. made it obvious that the rebellion was nearly over.B. had been a great success for the Confederates.C. had seen one Union victory after another.D. had reached a stalemate.
- Which of the original colonies allowed Catholics complete freedom of religion ?
- What was the first Catholic College founded in America ?
- What did both sides initially rely on for their armies?
- The Carroll who signed the Declaration of Independence
- When did Elizabeth Ann Seton enter the Catholic Church ?
- Life on the western frontier was very difficult for Catholics . What are two difficulties faced by the Catholic faithful and their priests ?
- He was present at the Consitutional Convention in 1787
- When the Civil War ended, President Lincoln was confident thatA. the transition to a peaceful nation would be relatively simple.B. he would hold the office of president as long as he wanted it.C. his postwar burdens would weigh almost as heavily as those of wartime.D. Democrats would support Republican peace policies.
- What is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church , as the Anglican Church has been known in the United States ?
- Why did President Lincoln choose not to make the Civil War a struggle over slavery?A. He believed slavery to be a relatively insignificant issue.B. He doubted his power to tamper with the "domestic institutions" of any state.C. He doubted that destroying slavery was the best thing for African Americans.D. He believed that eradicating slavery would destroy the economy of the South.
- What did Prince Demetrius Galitzin give up to become a priest ?
- The Carroll who became the first bishop of Baltimore
- oils What ? is the sacrament in which the Holy Spirit is given through the laying on of hands and the anointing of the forehead with holy
- What was the purpose of the 1862 Homestead Act?A. It granted every former slave a homestead with forty acres and a mule.B. It offered Western land to settlers who would live and labor on it.C. It instituted America's first public education system.D. It ended speculation on western land purchases.