The British military campaigns of 1777 saw
A. General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga.
B. the British retake Boston and set it afire.
C. a major American victory at Philadelphia.
D. General William Howe stay in camp when he was supposed to have moved south.
E. the British surround and lay siege to George Washington's army at Valley Forge.
Answer: A
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a) North and South disagreed over tariffs, slavery, and western lands. b) northern merchants would not do business with southerners. c) southern merchants would not do business with northerners. d) North and South differed on beginning the new government. e) North and South could not agree on the drafting of the Constitution.
During the Progressive Era, the acknowledged leader of American socialism was
A. Lincoln Steffens. B. Eugene V. Debs. C. Florence Kelley. D. William Haywood. E. A. Mitchell Palmer.
The "Bonus Army" was a
A. group of veterans who came to Washington to get bonuses promised them for service in World War I. B. group of farmers demanding a bonus to compensate them for their eviction by large landowners. C. group of unemployed scientists and explorers who participated in a federal survey project. D. social organization composed of men who had fought in France in 1917.
Andrew Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans was that they should be __________
a. removed to areas beyond white expansion b. allowed to remain on their tribal lands c. assimilated into white society d. treated as equals to the white man e. exterminated