Economic problems began to sap at the North’s effort for an
effective reconstruction. Even public support
for reconstruction starts to decline. At
this point, Southerners call for an end to the Reconstruction. Though support was now declining, Congress
was still able to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as part of its efforts to implement
the terms of the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Answer:
During the first years of war United States kept their policy of non-interference. Still, even during the 1915 they were helping Entente by sending them provisions and resources mostly through boats. German submarines were bombing some of the ships that were crossing the Atlantic Ocean, including Lusitania. all together there were 128 American civilians on board that were killed during the attack. Zimmerman telegram was a document according to which Germans wanted to involve Mexico against United States in the war. Telegram was intercepted and American public was furious.
Explanation:
United States entered the war in 1917 but were provoked by certain animosities mostly by the Germans. Most Americans supported the cause of Entente powers and this German provocations were the last drop to overfill the glass.
False, the date is incorrect.
Isolationism was the policy that kept them from joining the League of Nations. Isolationism is when a group stays away from or ignores all people in that group. Mainly political matters of other countries.
Answer:
There's a popular belief that Americans fought and won the entire revolution with nothing but guerrilla warfare. That's not true, and the myth largely stems from how the war began. The very first military engagement between British and American forces occurred on April 19 of 1775. American militia men had been covertly transporting weapons and colonial government leaders from town to town, hiding them from the British army. The British heard about these stockpiles in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord and went to seize them. The American volunteers of these town gathered together to oppose the British, resulting in a brief skirmish. As the British beat a hasty retreat back towards Boston, American militia units basically popped out of the bushes along the entire road, shot a few volleys, and disappeared. It wasn't enough to decimate the British, but the British weren't prepared for it, and it drove them back.
Explanation:
Imagine that you are in charge of leading a small army of volunteer soldiers against the largest and most powerful professional army in the world. Are you going to march straight into battle? Not if you expect it to be a very long one!
For centuries, small armies have relied on guerrilla warfare to help even the odds. This includes non-traditional wartime tactics like ambushing, sabotage, and raids rather than direct engagements. Guerrilla warfare is not meant to really defeat an opponent; instead, the idea is to make the war drag on and become so expensive that your adversary gives up. It's the different between fighting a professional boxer versus a swarm of mosquitoes - the mosquitoes won't kill you, but they just may drive you away.
Amongst the many armies to try out these tactics were the American colonists fighting for their independence. The American Revolution was a conflict between a group of volunteers and a massive professional army. Did they think they could defeat Britain, the heavyweight champion of European colonialism? Maybe not, but while Britain prepared to defend its title, it was the colonists who learned how to 'float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.'
