Author Question: In Lincoln's attempts to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as ... (Read 106 times)

vicotolentino · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

In Lincoln's attempts to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as president except

a. proclaimed a blockade of the Southern ports.
b. increased the size of the federal army.
c. suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
d. advanced federal funds to private citizens without authorization.
e. refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war.

Question 2

Although the fur business in New France was a lucrative government-supported industry in the 1680s and 1690s, its importance to the French government paled in comparison to

a. supporting the production of sugar and rum in the French Caribbean colonies.
b. supporting the Indian salvation work of Jesuit missionaries in New France.
c. ensuring French Huguenots could safely migrate to New France for religious reasons.
d. allying France with Spain against Great Britain in the emerging imperial competition in North America.
e. None of these choices are correct.