Which one of the following statements accurately describes what happened at Goliad in March 1836?
A. Col. James Fannin’s poor leadership resulted in his troops being surrounded by Mexican forces in an open prairie, forcing them to surrender.
B. Almost all of the defenders were men who had lived in Texas for at least five years.
C. About half of Fannin’s troops were local Tejanos (Mexican Texans) who hated Santa Anna.
D. The garrison held out for two weeks against Gen. Urrea’s army but eventually surrendered in order to avoid death by starvation.
A
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a. Kennedy was more committed to a liberal reform agenda than Johnson. b. Johnson was considered more stylish than Kennedy. c. Kennedy was better at manipulating Congress than Johnson. d. Johnson was more popular with the media than Kennedy. e. Kennedy was a better public speaker than Johnson.
The House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams as the winner of the 1824 election when __________
A) he agreed to revise the tariff of 1820 B) he named Andrew Jackson as his secretary of state C) William H. Crawford withdrew from the contest D) Henry Clay gave him his support
Muhammad was
A. a Bedouin sheikh until his "arranged" marriage to a wealthy woman. B. the son, ironically, of a Christian father and a Jewish mother. C. not widely accepted for many years after he announced his religious revelations. D. a peasant farmer before he married his wealthy employer. E. originally considered to be an angel by his followers.
The ________ was the festive gathering in which Indians and mountain men congregated in the Rocky Mountains and exchanged goods and services
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