The erie canal contributed to the development
of the united states by
(1) eliminating the need for railroads
(2) linking the great lakes to the atlantic coast
(3) becoming the major trade route to california
(4) allowing southern planters to ship their
cotton westward

Was the first african american to be appointed to the u.s. supreme court.

Pls. i will give you 40 points colonists felt the increased taxes in the 1760s and 1770s violated which document? the virginia declaration of rights the mayflower compact the english bill of rights common sense

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.