In invading Maryland, one of General Lee's key objectives was to
a. improve the flagging morale of Confederate soldiers and officers.
b. discourage foreign intervention by Britain and France in the war.
c. destroy General McClellan's Army of the Potomac.
d. capture President Lincoln and his Cabinet.
e. inspire the Border States, particularly the wavering Maryland, to join the Confederacy and its secessionist cause.
e
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a. the Supreme Court held him in contempt of court. b. he was impeached by the House of Representatives. c. his new vice president, Gerald Ford, told him that he was morally unqualified for the presidency. d. the White House tapes revealed that he had ordered the CIA to obstruct the FBI's investigation of the Watergate crimes. e. his Democratic enemies succeeded in smearing him as corrupt.
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