After the Fall of Fort Sumter, What Common Hope Did

question 59

Multiple Choice

After the fall of Fort Sumter, what common hope did partisans on both sides hold?

• A) The inevitable long war would be a contest of bravery.
• B) The fighting would bring new immigrants to the United States as workers.
• C) The war would last a long time, thus helping the United States get out of its economic depression.
• D) The war would be quick, ending with one sudden bold stroke, like the capture of the enemy's capital.
• E) The war would provoke French or British intervention.

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