President Lincoln needed a Union victory. He got it at the battle of Antietam fought near the town of Sharps burg, Maryland.
Answer: Option D
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There were two armies fighting opposite each other in the Civil War. The one of Abraham Lincoln and north was called the Union Army.
Lincoln desperately wanted the Union Army to defeat the Confederate Army after suffering a few losses in consequent battles before the battle of Antietam. The Union Army succeeded in defeating the opposition in the battle of Antietam.
What efforts did Johnson take to expand civil rights?
Lyndon B. Johnson took office right after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and he continued with the civil rights cause as a legacy to the former president. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 <em>(which prohibited segregation in public facilities, such as transportation and schools, and racial discrimination in employment and education),</em> and transmitted the ceremony through television so the entire country could see it, afterwards he signed the Voting Rights Act<em> (which protected the rights of African Americans to vote)</em>. This contributed significantly to the civil rights.
What were the goals of Johnson's Great Society?
The Great Society was a collection of domestic programs, legislations and policy initiatives. <em>The main goals were to reduce violence and crime, to reduce poverty, to create a better environment, to end with inequality and to improve the quality of life by creating health care systems. </em>
What methods did Johnson use to get his reforms passed?
<em>President Lyndon Johnson's main method to get his reforms passed was to publicly propose his Great Society plan during an address delivered at the Ohio University,</em> where he urged Congress to pass the proposed legislation, and urged the wealthy class to support this causes. He called for the nation's support to create a Great Society.
<span>Political power shifted from the central government to local notables and military strongmen.
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This led to civil wars in the kingdoms that furthermore weakened the initially powerful governments. The weak central governments could also not withstand the emerging imperialistic pressures from western powers. As a result the empires crashed one by one, and parts of their territories were taken over by the major imperial powers.
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Answer: G. The addition of Hiram Rhodes Revels to the U.S. Senate
Explanation:
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first black Senator in the United States and he represented Mississippi. On the day he was to be seated in the Senate, Southern Democrats opposed his seating thus prompting a debate that ended in a vote.
In this debate, Charles Sumner, a known anti-slavery Republican, uttered those words to reflect that the time had finally come to treat African Americans as equal as the Constitution intended.
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