Lincoln was angry with General McClellan after the battle at Antietam because McClellan __________
A) retreated while he still had a chance to win the battle
B) killed Robert E. Lee rather than taking him prisoner
C) lost the battle, despite having a clear advantage in the field
D) lost too many men in the battle, which weakened the Union army
E) was slow to pursue Robert E. Lee after the battle and let Lee escape
Answer: A
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Sigmund Freud
A. based his ideas on a firm belief in the immutable rationality of human personality. B. challenged the nineteenth century belief in progress with his stress on irrational and unconscious forces operating within a man life. C. advanced the ideas of the id, the wunderkind and the quanta to explain human behavior. D. was the leading European proponent of Social Darwinism. E. coauthored Die Volk with Houston Stewart Chamberlain.