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In what year did the 911 terrorist attack occur in the United States?

The 911 terrorist attack occurred in New York City on the 11th day of November in the year 2001. The terrorist group Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden planned and carried out this attack.


Why are lincoln's election and fort Sumter significance difficult when discussing the civil war?

they arnt the CSA split because Lincoln was elected and we went to war because the CSA attack Fort Sumter


Why didn't Lincoln didn't talk about slavery in the slave states?

In fact Lincoln owned slaves and viewed himself as a farmer or common man. Lincoln did not want to ban slavery on states that served as buffers between the Union and Confederacy states because the Confederacy would be able to attack easier its a battle strategy. Lincoln was more concerned with saving the Union at all cost than banning slavery


Why didn't Lincoln respond when fort Sumter was bombed?

When Fort Sumter was attacked in the Charleston harbor, Lincoln called for volunteers to put down the rebellion. The attack galvanized the Northern States to support Lincoln in his attempt to keep the Federal Union in tact. Soon after he began to plan for what most people thought would be a short war.


Who seceded at the attack at Ft Sumter 1861?

After the attack, Lincoln called for volunteer-troops, which was taken as a declaration of war. In response, four states of the Upper South, which had been undecided, threw in their lot wth the Confederates. They were Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.

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Lincoln replaced after a poorly planned attack on Fredericksburg cost approximately 12700 Union soldiers lives?

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The doomed attempt to attack strong positions on high ground.


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When did Stonewall Jackson attack Manassas?

The First Battle of Bull Run, the Shenandoah Campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville…


Even after it was obvious that the North had lost the battle Burnside continued to attack during the Battle at Fredericksburg?

True


Even after it was obvious that the North had lost the battle Burnside continued to attack during the Battle at Fredericksburg.?

True


Was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on purpose?

Yes, the attack was a planned military strike.


Why did General Lee expect to see the Union's plans set by General McClellan change under General Burnside?

Once General George B. McClellan was replaced by General Ambrose Burnside, it was clear to General Lee that McClellan's plans for cutting off Lee from Richmond would be altered.President Lincoln had hand picked Ambrose Burnside to replace McClellan as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Since Lincoln was focused on the capture of Richmond, more than anything else, Burnside would follow Lincoln's preference to attack the Rebel cap[ital of Richmond. Burnside as Lee predicted shifted the Army of the Potomac to the favorite overland route to Richmond, with Fredericksburg as his first objective. Burnside planned to prevent Lee from moving south to protect Richmond.


Who planned d day attack?

Dwight Eisenhower


Who planned the attack on d-day?

Dwight Eisenhower


What caused the battle of fredericksburg?

During the American Civil War, the Battle of Fredericksburg (Virginia) in December 1862 was caused by the offensive plan of the Union leadership (including President Lincoln and the top military commander in the Eastern Theater, Major General Ambrose Burnside) to launch a daring attack on the South's capital of Richmond. While the attack-plan may have been brilliant on paper, its execution was cumbersome as well as transparent to the sharp-eyed Southern force, led by General Robert E. Lee, which deployed successfully to stop it.