The first American intervention in Mexican affairs under Wilson
a. was triggered by the arrest of American sailors in Tampico.
b. enabled General Huerta to overthrow the Carranza government.
c. was welcomed by ordinary Mexicans as a means of freeing themselves from dictatorship.
d. was in Chihuahua. e.
none of these choices.
ANS: A
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