The correct answer is - B. To gain control of the profitable sugar industry.
The Hawaiian islands were never seen as a place that is going to be used for production of sugar cane, and this is was mainly because of the isolation of the islands from the rest of the world, so any trade that was going to take place was not going to bring in solid amount of profit. Instead, Hawaii was considered as a place of great strategic importance for the future, so that was the biggest reason why there was a big interest of gaining control over it.
Answer:
C. The state of Georgia did not have any jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation lands.
Explanation:
The Confiscation Acts themselves did not do much but laid the legal and social groundwork for the Emancipation Proclamation which would come in the following year.
Lincoln was able to capitalize on the reaction to the Confiscation Act to feel comfortable enough to push forward the Emancipation Proclamation, which applied to all slaves in rebel held territory.
Answer:
B.
Explanation:
The Women's suffrage movement led to the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote.
Francis Lubbock (1815 – 1905) was the governor of Texas between 1861 and 1863, and therefore he was in office during the Civil War (1861-1865).
During his ruling, he promoted the conscription (draft) so that every non-disabled men joined the Confederate States Army. He appointed how slaves should replace working white men so that they could join the army. He even made the aliens who lived in Texas subjects of the draft. In general, he worked hard to ensure the mility abilities of Texas.
He rejected reelection in 1863 in order to join the Confederate Army himself. In 1864 Lubbock was named assistant of Jefferson Davis and traveled to Richmond. He had a close relationship with Jefferson Davis, the only President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. Both would be captured together by the Union authorities.
