The American war effort did not go well in 1776 . General Washington's only real victory came when his forces:
a. stopped General Howe's regiments at the Battle of Brooklyn
b. eluded General Gage's army and retreated to Morristown
c. surprised Hessian troops in Trenton at the end of the year
d. chased General Clinton's troops up the Hudson River
C
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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
a. was founded at a meeting of Arab radicals in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1983. b. renounced Pan-Arabism in favor of a more limited, territorial nationalism ultimately designed to unite Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel in a Greater Palestine. c. was an arm of the African National Congress from the early 1960s until 1981. d. was established, originally under Egyptian auspices, to represent Palestinian interests. e. it was eagerly embraced by most Israeli governments as the lesser of two evils.
The U.S. invasion of Canada in the War of 1812
A. was repelled. B. resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Canadians and long-standing hatred of the U.S. C. ensured that Quebec would remain independent from the rest of Canada. D. allowed for the Americas to claim the Dakotas, Idaho, and Montana. E. was the key event in ensuring the American victory over the British.
Why did the Confederation government not survive the decade of postwar adjustments?
a. It was too weak to solve the nation's economic and social problems. b. It was bogged down with fighting Indian wars. c. It faced too many diplomatic difficulties with France and England. d. America had no territory west of the Appalachian Mountains into which it could grow.
Which of the following statements does NOT accurately reflect the way city-states developed in different parts of Italy?
A) The western rim of Italy was a consolidated union of city-states under regional authority. B) The southern half of Italy was a feudal kingdom centered on Naples. C) The Papal States spanned the center of Italy and extended up the Adriatic coast. D) Northern Italy was divided among major and minor city-states that experimented with different kinds of government. E) Some of the city-states called themselves republics.