When Lincoln gave Grant command of all Union forces, he was adopting a policy of __________
A) offering the Confederacy easy terms for peace
B) forcing the Confederacy to surrender to escape total destruction
C) avoiding decisive battles at all cost
D) preventing civilian casualties
Answer: B
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a. Anglo-Saxon and Protestant b. a union member and an industrial worker c. a western farmer d. a Democrat and city-dweller
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A. disagreed with the plan's extension of rights to Indian tribes. B. felt the plan was the work of a group of anti-British radicals. C. were afraid they would lose their autonomy. D. disliked the fact that delegates to the intercolonial legislature were appointed by Parliament.
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A) use rigid racial quotas. B) take sex into account. C) take race into account. D) use "affirmative action" plans.