APUSH Semester 2 Final Exam

The European great powers welcomes a civil war in the United States for all of the following except

War would weaken the power of the United States in the western hemisphere

A divided America would likely put a halt to European immigration

The could play the two nations off against one another in a game of balance of power

Their existing colonies would be safe against further American explosion

They might more readily seize new colonial territory in the Americas

In 186,1 many northerners were willing to allow southern states to leave the union until

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

The South attacked Fort Sumter

Robert E. Lee was named to head the potential new nation's army

South Carolina seceded from the United States

Virginia and Tennessee joined the seceding states

Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due to

Of all the hardships faced by the soldiers during the Civil War, the greatest was

A supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage

Effective military leadership

Intervention from Britain and France

The fighting skill of Southern males

Its ability to fight on its own soil

Its belief that it was defending its way of life

One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the south during the civil war was

They feared losing northern grain shipments

They did not want to fight against the superior American navy

The British upper class had supported the north from the onset of hostilities

The war caused no economic problems for Britain

The south resented British interference

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