Ordinary Southerners resented conscription because A) the wealthy could pay for a substitute or were exempted from service. B) it violated the basic principle of states' rights. C) they had to surrender their liberty to the government. D) they generally did not support the rebellion in the first place. With Democrats reduced to a minority, Republicans were able to pass long-desired legislation, including all of the following EXCEPT A) a Homestead Act which granted 160 acres of land to settlers who improved the land. B) the Morrill Act which created land-grant colleges. C) the Pacific Railroad Act which granted land and subsidies for building a transcontinental railroad. D) Civil Rights legislation. Antietam, Perryville, and the Emancipation Proclamation A) turned the tide in favor of the United States. B) secured recognition of "belligerent" status from France and Prussia. C) led Lincoln to again reorganize the U.S. Army. D) ended any hope of diplomatic recognition for the Confederacy. According to the text, during its brief life, the Freedmen's Bureau A) compiled a mixed record. B) utterly failed to improve the lives of blacks. C) had limited success in bettering race relations. D) was never seriously expected to achieve anything.