Answer:
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Courthouse after Lee recognized the futility of continued fighting.
Explanation:
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, between Union Army forces commanded by general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate forces led by general Robert E. Lee.
Lee abandoned Richmond, Virginia (the Confederate capital) and moved west, hoping to regroup with other remanining Confederate units in North Carolina. However, Union forces pursued the Lee army and engaged it at Appomattox Court House. Lee charged the Union lines but, as he broke their line, he saw that further Union forces vastly outnumbering the Confederate army were advancing to join the battle. <u>Upon realizing the futility of his situation</u>, general Lee famously declared: "There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths".
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant that same day, which eventually led to a domino effect with other Confederate armies surrendering shortly after. The Civil War formally ended on May 9, 1865.
Answer:
C. Stability in the Middle East
Explanation:
The three headlines refer to actions in the Middle East with the goal of stabilizing the region.
The goal of the Camp David Accords was to stabilize the diplomacy between Egypt and Israel, countries that had recently been at war.
President Reagan sent troops to Lebanon in order to prevent a further escalation of the clashes between Syryan and Israeli backed factions in Lebanon.
Finally, the goal of the Operation Desert Storm was to end Irak's occupation of Kuwait.
According to Graham Allison book, Nuclear Terrorism, only 5 percent of daily cargos into the U.S are screened where every day 30,000 trucks, 6500 rail cars and 140 ships deliver over 50,000 cargo containers into the United States. This rarely involves physical inspection which may not detect nuclear weapons and fissile materials.
