Shell shock was caused by
A) the relentless advancing of the Germans.
B) the strain of artillery bombardments.
C) the discomfort of life in the trenches.
D) disease carried by rats.
E) head injuries.
B
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The slave who packed himself into a small box and shipped himself to freedom was:
A) Frederick Douglass. B) William Craft. C) Henry Brown. D) Anthony Burns.
What was a key reason for the South's defeat in the Civil War?
a. The Confederacy lacked a single competent general to lead its troops. b. Southern planters were reluctant to start growing food crops instead of cash crops. c. Confederate armies lacked the conviction to fight a prolonged war with the North. d. The South was too industrialized to adapt well to a wartime economy. e. The northern troops were better individual soldiers than Confederate troops.
What happened in the Boston Massacre?
A) A large force of British troops ruthlessly fired on unarmed civilians, killing fifty. B) An unpopular customs informer killed two young boys when he fired birdshot at several children bombarding his house with rocks. C) A fictitious confrontation, invented by Samuel Adams, took place between British troops and Boston citizens. D) Unemployed Boston fishermen ambushed a squad of British soldiers, killing them and twenty innocent bystanders. E) Tensions between British soldiers and Bostonians erupted when Bostonians hurled objects at British soldiers, who then fired and killed five citizens.
Men who volunteered for military service were referred to as ______________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word