Many of General Grant's victories in Virginia were characterized by
A) his use of guerrilla tactics.
B) tens of thousands of Union casualties.
C) his taking advantage of the blunders of General Lee.
D) his employment of strategies to compensate for having fewer troops.
E) sheer luck and happenstance.
B
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Which of the following best describes the period immediately following the reign of Commodus?
A) stable and peaceful B) unstable yet peaceful C) unstable and bloody D) initially bloody but eventually stable
How did President Jackson attempt to deal with the currency problems that were triggering an economic downturn as early as 1836?
a. He pulled federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. b. He banned speculators from purchasing western lands. c. He decreed that public lands could only be purchased with "hard" or metallic currency. d. He halted all printing of paper money. e. He temporarily suspended public works projects and land sales.
Compare the causes and effects of the peasant revolts of the fourteenth century
What will be an ideal response?
Andrew Jackson did which of the following in an effort to halt land speculation and inflation?
a. eliminated subsidies to western railroads b. destroyed the Second Bank c. issued the Specie Circular d. established the independent treasury system e. urged Congress to lower the protective tariff