The correct answer is the Civil War
When Lincoln was reelected the country was engulfed in the Civil War and Lincoln was reelected based on the idea that he would help end the war which indeed did happen soon after his reelection. At the same time however, he was assassinated just 2 months into his second term so Andrew Johnson became the president.
European nations had new sources of raw materials and other resources.
Answer:
I think it's B that says it cpuld attrain speeds of 120 miles per hour
Explanation:
I think because
B. The Confederate capital would be in enemy hands.
At a time when trade and transport were made primarily by water, and bearing in mind that European powers needed to have free access to the rich colonies, and only by sea could they communicate with America and the colonies, the ocean and the seas were the higways of the past. Therefore, access and control of the sea routes, was the only way to have control over the colonies, their riches; and become the dominant power in the world. In addition, the wars between France and Great Britain were not only for trade or wealth, but for power itself, to decide who would dominate the seas.
