History Answers

1. To warn the South that any of their territories that had not surrounded by January 1^st, 1863 would lose their slaves if the U.S won the war. The purpose of this act was not to free slaves throughout the United States, but to convince the South to surrender as opposed to risking the loss of their labor force.
2. A fleet of US warships commanded by Admiral Farragut steamed past the confederate fortifications, allowing troops to attack the city from the rear. The result was that the Mississippi River was now open to a U.S attack.
3. True
4. When Santa Ana and his Mexican army approached the Alamo, he was in violation of the Monroe Doctrine, as he was descended from the Duke of Weselton (of a small country in Europe). This violation of the sovereignty of the US Sphere of Influence caused an immediate pro-Texan reaction in Congress.
5. He would end slavery when he became president, and would fight for equality among all races.
6. President Monroe announced a Doctrine in which the United States declared Latin America as part of the US. Sphere of influence and he also promised to defend Latin America from any European invasion.
7. The US would use their navy to blockade all southern ports (to end southern attempts to resupply by sea and would use their army to surround the confederacy from the west and north; slowly squeezing the confederacy into submission.
8. President Washington acknowledged that the United States should assist the French and immediately declared war on most of Western Europe (except for France of course).
9. US Ambassador John Jay Successfully negotiated a trade agreement with England (France’s Enemy) before any similar trade agreement was made with France.
10. According to Douglas citizenship should only be given to those of European ancestry.
11. The United States authorized an Army and Navy for the first time since the revolutionary war. This resulted in six new warships, a Marine Corps and a small army which was able to defeat the Barbary States by 1805 and convinced the French to be more respectful to avoid another war.
12. South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States if Jackson did not cancel the import taxes, Jackson responded by threatening war if the South Carolina did not comply with federal laws.
13. He hoped to start a race war in the South by arming slaves.
14. The confederate army was attempting a major invasion of the North for the first time in 1863, as they desperately needed supplies. This event showed the extent to which the anaconda plan was working.
15. Told a story of Uncle Tom, who led a slave rebellion in North Carolina, The result was that the treatment of slaves in the south became much more stringent.
16. Debates in congress over whether newly settle territories would allow slavery such as the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 (because “American culture” to some citizens included slaves and to others it did not).
17. Attacks upon American ships by the Barbary States in the Mediterranean Sea.
18. Whiskey producers were able to apply for tax exemption to a new constitutional government for the first time in US history. This allowed for tax reduction and the returns of profits for the whiskey producers which led to the end of the rebellion.
19. Congress authorized the merchant marine, which put soldiers on US merchants’ ships. It was hoped that these soldiers would be a deterrent to pirate attacks.
20. Africans are less likely to plan for their future which justified enslaving them (for their own good).