In Response to the Threat of Smallpox in the Ranks

question 27

Multiple Choice

In response to the threat of smallpox in the ranks of the Continental Army, Washington

• A) asked for the resignation of all soldiers who had not had the disease.
• B) requested that the Second Continental Congress double the army's medical staff.
• C) ordered the inoculation of all members of the regular army and of all new recruits.
• D) issued an order discharging all foreign-born men from the Continental Army.

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