Author Question: The state of West Virginia was created from a. land ceded by the Confederacy after the Battle of ... (Read 69 times)

bobypop · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The state of West Virginia was created from

a. land ceded by the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg.
b. land purchased from Britain.
c. Indian territories just to the west of Virginia. d.
counties in western Virginia that had seceded.
e. counties in western Virginia that had remained loyal to the Union.

Question 2

Why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation despite his initial position that the president did not have that authority?

a. Congress demanded it.
b. Ending slavery was his central campaign promise.
c. He believed it was his moral obligation.
d. It was a military decision designed to weaken the enemy.
e. The Supreme Court granted him an allowance to overstep the bounds of his office in this extreme case.