The royal governor, Thomas Gage, responded to the militia preparations in Massachusetts by:
A) ordering the construction of fortifications across the small strip of land that connected Boston to the mainland.
B) organizing committees of correspondence for better communication with the colonists.
C) disbanding the Continental Army led by George Washington.
D) issuing the Declaratory Act which gave Parliament sweeping powers in the colonies.
E) convening the Second Continental Congress to seek conciliatory measures.
A
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A) the Soviet Union installed offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba B) Eisenhower committed 500,000 American troops to Vietnam C) the United States refused to apologize for the use of U-2 spy planes D) the Soviet Union was left out of the Warsaw Pact agreement
When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office, his first focus was on unemployed workers across the nation.
a. true b. false
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a. the Palestine Liberation Organization represented a serious threat to the United States b. trading arms for hostages was an effective way to negotiate quietly with terrorists c. the Middle East needed U.S. intervention to achieve freedom d. the Soviet Union was a deadly enemy that threatened the United States e. Israel could not be trusted to keep its word