(lots of points) can you think of a situation where our country has done something and expected something in return and it backfired?

I would maybe say electing donald trump but that would not be right. so I would say maybe the cold war because even thought they won they did spend alot of money fro pretty much nothing. hope this helps

the dominoes began to fall. the surrender at appomattox took place a week later on april 9. while it was the most significant surrender to take place during the civil war, gen. robert e. lee, the confederacy's most respected commander, surrendered only his army of northern virginia to union gen. ulysses s. grant

explanation:

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.