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sjones

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In order to persuade the Border States to remain in the Union, President Lincoln
 
  a. relied solely on moral appeal.
  b. used only totally legal methods.
  c. guaranteed that they could keep slavery permanently.
  d. never had to use troops.
  e. used legally dubious methods including the declaration of martial law in Maryland and the deployment of Union soldiers in a local civil war in Missouri.

Question 2

The reason Britain needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
 
  a. continue its expansion west in North America and block French land-grabbing and influence.
  b. ensure defeat of the French in the War of Jenkins Ear.
  c. halt the growth of Spanish imposition in North America.
  d. secure the Mississippi River and continue pushing further south to control all of Mexico.
  e. link their Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.



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Answer to Question 1

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