How did President Lincoln respond to the Confederacy’s refusal to grant prisoner-of-war status to captured black soldiers?
a. He ordered that blacks be removed from combat positions to limit the possibility that they would be captured.
b. He threatened to retaliate in kind on Confederate prisoners for any harm that was inflicted on Union ones.
c. He ordered his generals not to kill all enemy soldiers who fell into their hands until the Confederacy changed its policy.
d. He strongly criticized the Confederate policy, but concluded that he could do nothing about it.
b. He threatened to retaliate in kind on Confederate prisoners for any harm that was inflicted on Union ones.
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A) jumping-off places. B) rendezvous. C) rodeo. D) French Prairie.
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a. found the government of Queen Liliuokalani repressive and inefficient. b. sought to control American foreign policy in the Pacific. c. wanted to convert the native Hawaiians and East Asian immigrants to Christianity. d. feared that Japan might intervene in Hawaii on behalf of abused Japanese imported laborers. e. intended to force the growing native Hawaiian population to become indentured plantation laborers.
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What will be an ideal response?
The United States first successfully launched a missile from a submarine in 1960, with the
A. Titan. B. Atlas. C. Minuteman. D. Polaris. E. Mercury.