President Antonio López de Santa Anna’s primary strategy on how to regain control of Texas was to __________
A. take his time and let the rebel government collapse from internal disagreements
B. create one giant army and have General Martín Perfecto de Cos lead it north to crush the Texans
C. send two large armies north and have them encircle the rebels in a giant pincer movement
D. blockade the Texas coastline and prevent any trade or supplies from reaching the rebels
C
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a. Neutrality Acts. b. Kellogg-Briand Pacts. c. Munich agreements. d. Good Neighbor policies.
Except for civil rights, the most important issue which caused an increase in student radicalism during the mid-1960s was:
a) the Freedom March on Washington, D.C. b) the accelerating war in Vietnam c) new restrictions on sexual behavior d) tougher new graduation requirements
At the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee
A) captured control of northern territory between Philadelphia and Washington. B) suffered losses so heavy that he could never mount another southern offensive. C) surrendered his army and supplies to General George Meade. D) ordered Pickett's Charge as a daring escape to save his men.
The Declaratory Act was passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed. The purpose behind this move was to:
A) clarify that Parliament was yielding to not to the colonists' demands, but to the king's. B) raise revenue with new, external duties on the goods that the colonists imported from Britain. C) grant the East India Company the monopoly on the sale of tea in North America. D) reinforce the tradition of salutary neglect between the Crown and the colonies. E) loosen the Crown's control over North American colonies and grant them more independence.