Which of the following complicated Washington's efforts to defend New York City in 1776?
A) a series of slave revolts
B) the strength of Loyalist sentiment in the area
C) bad weather
D) an outbreak of smallpox among his men
B
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During 1940-1941, President Roosevelt attempted to halt Japanese aggression in Asia by __________
A) applying economic pressure on Japan through a trade embargo B) waging a clandestine, undeclared war against Japanese naval forces in the Pacific C) signing mutual defense pacts with other Asian nations D) securing legislation allowing him to send troops to China E) sending troops to fight on Japanese soil
What made the last few months of the war especially difficult for the Nazi High Command?
a) Due to his drug use and stresses of the war, Hitler grew increasingly unstable, and his commands became erratic and unintelligible. b) Hitler was closed off in the Berlin bunker, which made it difficult for his staff to communicate with him. Consider This: Hitler’s physician gave him daily injections of everything from vitamins to synthetic heroin. See 13.5.2: The Final Collapse. c) Hitler sank into a deep depression after Mussolini’s death and refused to see anyone. Consider This: Hitler’s physician gave him daily injections of everything from vitamins to synthetic heroin. See 13.5.2: The Final Collapse. d) Hitler pretended that all was going well with the war, which confounded his staff, who did not know how to tell him the truth. Consider This: Hitler’s physician gave him daily injections of everything from vitamins to synthetic heroin. See 13.5.2: The Final Collapse.
__________ was tried and executed for his conduct as commander of Andersonville Prison
A) Alexander Stevens B) Henry Wirz C) J. E. B. Stuart D) Clement Vallandigham
Galileo used his telescope to discover
a. the temperature of the Sun. b. the geography of Neptune. c. Jupiter's moons. d. gravity. e. the size of the universe.