In the end, Jefferson justified the purchase of Louisiana by
A) reminding the country of the dangers presented by foreigners in North America.
B) appealing to the "manifest destiny" of the United States to expand westward to the Pacific.
C) amending the Constitution specifically to allow the addition of new territories.
D) bowing to "the good sense of the country" which seemed to demand the acquisition despite constitutional difficulties.
D
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A. the collapse of the woolens industry. B. warfare between England and France. C. the government's decision to eliminate all tariffs on foreign goods. D. the doubling of the English population between 1530 and 1680.
The new knowledge created during the Scientific Revolution was opposed by those who supported the ideas of __________
A) Nicolaus Copernicus B) Aristotle C) Sir Isaac Newton D) Galileo Galilei
Simon Bolívar was inspired to act as a liberator mostly by the ____ Revolution
a. American b. Russian c. French d. Haitian e. English
Sociologist Lester Frank Ward debunked Social Darwinism, claiming __________.
A. organic and social evolution were fundamentally different B. nurture is more important than nature C. it denied God's power over humans D. humanity would need thousands of years to adjust to nature