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LCritchfi

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In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward achieved the Johnson administration's greatest success in foreign relations when he
 
  a. signed a mutual defense treaty with Great Britain.
  b. recognized the independent republic of Hawaii.
  c. purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million.
  d. acquired the former Dominican Republic as an American territory.
  e. established friendly relations with the newly independent Dominion of Canada.

Question 2

It is legitimate to claim that the triumph at Yorktown was no less French than American because
 
  a. Washington turned execution of the campaign over to French commanders.
  b. the French supplied all the seapower.
  c. French troops made up half the besieging army.
  d. the British commander agreed to surrender to French officers but not to American troops.
  e. France paid the American soldiers' salaries.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b, c



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