The correct choice from the options is "B".
The Siege of Yorktown, also called the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Fight or the Siege of Little York, finishing on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a definitive triumph by a joined power of American Armed force troops headed by General George Washington and French Armed force troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over an English Armed force headed by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.
For years, the term genocide was used to describe the ultimate crime. But that crime was rarely – if ever – charged, since international courts were too weak.
Answer: Britain and France disputed borders in the Ohio River Valley.
Explanation: A is the correct answer.
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An advantage of Sparta in the Peloponnesian War was its powerful army, and an advantage of Athens was its great wealth. However, Athens's army was also strong, and Sparta had some strategic limitations. In addition, the Athenian political system proved to be a critical weakness as well, prone as it was to turmoil and instability.
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In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30’ parallel.
The Missouri Compromise, as it was known, would remain in force for just over 30 years before it was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled the compromise unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case, setting the stage for the nation’s final path toward the Civil War.
