In the 1800s, the US established forts west of the Mississippi River from Louisiana to Minnesota to establish peace among warrin
g American Indian tribes and to __________. A. provide American Indians with funds and goods for their survival B. strengthen trade between white American settlers and American Indians C. reassure white American settlers that the frontier was safe and peaceful D. protect American Indian tribes from white American settlers
<span>Abraham Lincoln had thought about the process of restoring the Union from the earliest days of the war. His guiding principles were to accomplish the task as rapidly as possible and ignore calls for punishing the South. </span>
The Quartering Act was passed primarily in response to greatly increased empire defense costs in America following the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War.
