<span>After moving his Army of the Potomac by boat to Fort Monroe on the Atlantic coast in late April, McClellan planned an advance toward Richmond via the peninsula formed by the York and James Rivers. Due to a habit of consistently overestimating his enemy’s numbers, the Union general refused to act until late May.</span>
"Yellow Journalism" was largely responsible for swaying popular support of sensationalizing headlines and questionable facts.
<span>Businesses and citizens acted for their individual
best interest. Many people blamed Hoover because he was president at the
time, but it was not his fault because the people of that time acted
under their own interest and no one volunteered. Hope this helps.
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Becouse they wos loking goods that were only in Asia. For example <span>spice.</span>
Industrialization moved the economy away from agriculture.
