Author Question: President Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run (Manassas Junction) would a. lead to the ... (Read 119 times)

burchfield96 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

President Lincoln hoped that a Union victory at Bull Run (Manassas Junction) would

a. lead to the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond.
b. prompt widespread desertions from a despondent Confederate army.
c. destroy the economy of the South.
d. pull the Border states out of the Confederacy.
e. None of these choices are correct.

Question 2

The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit

a. Virginia tobacco planters.
b. British merchants.
c. New England merchants.
d. backwoods farmers.
e. the Crown.