Which of the following occurred with the southern side as a consequence of the battle of fort sumter? a) lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to enlist. b) lincoln used judicial procedures to uphold the union. c) lee joined the southern army as all slave holding states seceded. d) lee joined the southern army as all but four slave holding states seceded.

The answer would be A. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, Lincoln then called for 75,000 volunteer soldiers who would serve for 3 months to increase the scale of the rebellion. His request was met with varied responses from the states.

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.