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How did President Theodore Roosevelt respond to reports that black soldiers of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment had "shot up" the town of Brownsville,Texas?


A) He insisted that no action should be taken against the soldiers until they had been tried in a fair and partial court of law.
B) He argued that the soldiers were liable to military law,and ordered courts martial which resulted in the execution of three alleged ringleaders.
C) He summarily dishonorably discharged the entire regiment,and temporarily banned them from all federal service,military or civil.
D) He praised the soldiers for defending their personal honor and the honor of their uniforms against gratuitous and provocative insults.

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