Henry Clay embraced a program in 1824 called the American System which would create all of the following except
a. a strong banking system.
b. easy and abundant credit.
c. a protective tariff to enable manufacturing to grow.
d. a network of roads and canals for transporting foodstuffs, raw materials and manufactured goods nationwide.
e. the constitutional right of individual states to nullify laws enacted by Congress that adversely affected their economic interests.
e
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A) agricultural expansion B) public welfare services C) real estate development D) the coal and oil industries
The Credit Mobilier scandal occurred during whose presidency?
a) Ulysses S. Grant b) Abraham Lincoln c) Andrew Johnson d) Rutherford B. Hayes
Why did local law enforcement fail to effectively prosecute the Klan?
A) Because no terrorist groups had existed before, there were no laws to deal with them. B) Local law enforcement or white troops often sided with the Klan against blacks. C) There were only a small number of Klansmen, and they remained hidden from prosecution. D) The Klan's actions were almost invisible because no one reported news of the terrorism.
Which man calculated the circumference of the earth during the Hellenistic Era with amazing accuracy?
A) Aristophanes B) Archimedes C) Eratosthenes D) Aristotle