U.S. soldiers in Charlie Company at My Lai in 1968 were

A) motivated by a strongly felt need for revenge.
B) engaged in their first action in the field in Vietnam.
C) trying to observe the rules of military engagement as best as they could under the circumstances.
D) trapped, and had to shoot their way to safety.


A

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A) governor B) state senator C) lieutenant governor D) Blacks were not elected to any state offices during Reconstruction.

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