Answer: (D) Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.
Explanation: Although the Confederacy lost fewer soldiers, it lost almost 40 percent of its total forces, whereas the Union lost closer to 25 percent. I just took this quiz and got this question correct with that answer!
Answer: To end slavery in the Confederacy and weaken the Southern war efforts.
Explanation:
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and this freed all the enslaved people in the Confederacy. This was a very good move because it had multiple effects that weakened the war effort of the Confederacy.
Firstly it made the Civil War about ending slavery which dissuaded European powers from supporting the Confederacy as they had abolished slavery. It also led to tens of thousands of African Americans signing up for the Union Army because they knew that victory meant freedom for their race.
Answer:
C. 1910 – 1930
Explanation:
According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, as the Automobile Age progressed the number of cars and trucks went from 15,000 in 1914 to 127,000 in 1918 to 500,000 in 1926.
This fast growing required actions and they were taken in the state by constructing highways and roads from one state to the other and making improvements on the roads that already existed before then, this action would also help with the tourists that would go on roadtrips and would need to use highways and roads across the state.
Thus, Oklahoma begin to undertake significant road improvements between 1910-1930 as a response to the popularity of automobiles.
