Immediate Action Quotes



Announcing that U. S. naval forces would attack German war vessels that entered "American protected waters" despite our not being at war:


Milosevic had been rejected at the polls, but the question was whether of not he would give up power. He finally did.


The New England and Middle Atlantic States had recruited and allowed Negroes to serve in their divisions with excellent results. These two Southern states were suffering badly as a result of the British Military dominance and atrocities. Almost all whites who were patriots were already under arms. Hence the recommendation. Despite their precarious position, the Southern States would not follow the recommendation. Many were convinced that the Blacks would never make good soldiers, and the those Southerners who disagreed were terrified that once armed, the Blacks would never submit to slavery and would support slave insurrections of the Black slaves who were not in the military.