Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to

a. strengthen the Northern peace movement and encourage foreign intervention.
b. force the Union to abandon its blockade of the South.
c. outflank the Army of the Potomac and attack it from the rear.
d. stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt.
e. seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.


a

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A. advocated the education of women in the West. B. was perceived as aristocratic. C. advocated abolishing slavery. D. constituted a federal standing army in the Ohio valley.

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Sometime around the year 1000, the journey to Newfoundland was made by a. Columbus

b. Erik the Red. c. Leif Eriksson. d. Magellan. e. Da Gama.

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Which of the following religions claim Abraham as a key figure?

a. Shinto b. Judaism c. Christianity d. Islam e. Hinduism

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Y 1947, World War II veterans accounted for __________ of all college students in the United States

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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