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- General Grant decided to march his troops down the ------- side of the MS and to cross it south of --------
- ------- ----- captured New Orleans in 1862; he sailed his fleet up the MS River; he began an attack on Vicksburg that lasted almost 2 months; eventually he passed ------ where he was joined by federal gunboats. the 2 joined forces and attacked the city
- Confederate soldiers were ordered to protect the railroad intersection known as the " ----- of the -----"
- when Grant resumed his march toward Vicksburg, he was determined to reopen ------ on the MS River
- Vicksburg's location on a high ----- allowed complete control over who was able to ------ along the river
- Vicksburg's capture was very important to the ------ -----
- the Battle of ----- was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War
- In the 1850s many U.S. citizens focused on what would benefit their region rather than the nation as a whole. What is the name for this concept?
- Britain repeals ______ in response to Stamp Act Congress
- What act did the brith pass to get out of debt from the french and indian war?
- Which Confederate general officially surrendered all Confederate forces in Texas at the end of the Civil War?
- In which of these Texas cities were factories opened to manufacture weapons and ammunition for the Confederacy?
- Which of the following was a claim made in the Texas Ordinance of Secession?
- What did small factories in Austin and Tyler help manufacture for the Confederate soldiers?
- The declaration of rights of man was a document from which revolution
- DeDeers diamonds was a trans international company that attempted to build a railroad from South Africa to Egypt. What is a transnational company
- True or false the Ottoman empire adopted western technology and enlightenment ideas before the rest of Europe
- How did society in England go from agriculture based to industrial based
- True or false a union was an organization of workers that advocated for the rights to bargain with employers for agreements in contracts
- which country suffered two great humiliations at the hands of Europeans in the 19th and 20th century