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President Dwight Eisenhower supported CIA covert operations and highly regarded the value of intelligence information. In his years, major technological developments such as the U-2 spy aircraft and CORONA satellites, both developed during the Eisenhower administration, allowed the CIA get much new information that was impossible to gather before. His government also supported covert operations to overthrow governments that the administration didn´t like or suspected to be communist. This is the case of the CIA-orchestrated coup against the nationalist government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954, who had become a target because of his treatment of abusive US corporations that exploited Guatemalan peasants.
In the Eisenhower years, there were also secret CIA operations in Indonesia to prevent a Communist takeover and in Iran, where the CIA organized a coup against the local ruler.
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The correct answer is option d, that Santa Anna was quickly defeated at the Alamo.
Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna was the Mexican President at the time when the Texas revolution broke out in Mexico. Texas earlier was a part of Mexico, where land was so cheap that many Americans migrated to Texas. This revolution began because Tejanos ( Mexicans who lived in Texas) wanted to break away from Mexico on the issue of Slavery. Mexican laws opposed Slavery before the arrival of American, despite, Americans brought in slaves in Mexico. Therefore, the Tejanos and the Texans came together to fight for their freedom. For the suppression of the revolt president Santa Anna send an army to the fort of Alamo in San Antonio in 1836, but the army got defeat at the hand of the revolutionaries. After their victory in the revolt, they (Texans) formed the Republic of Texas.
Answer:Answer:The Olive Branch Petition was rejected 100% correct . this caused Congress to draft the Declaration of Independence
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Yes I have heard about the Renaissance. The Renaissance was the rebirth period in European civilization and was marked by revival of Classical learning and wisdom. I picture lots of art and seeing many inventions being created and having bright minds come into the light.