Impressment was the practice whereby
A) ?Americans took over unclaimed land in the frontier.
B) ?American merchants overtook merchant ships sailing under the flag of another nation.
C) ?British subjects were seized from merchant vessels and forced into service for the British Royal Navy.
D) ?people from humble backgrounds petitioned legislators.
E) ?newspaper editors criticized political officials for moral infractions.
C
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As the 1780s progressed, the growing concern of "nationalists" in the new republic was that
A) America's virtuous citizenry did not require the constraining hand of central authority. B) the Articles of Confederation had located too much authority in Congress, too little in the states. C) Congress was investing too much effort in foreign policy, too little in financial issues. D) individuals and states acted on self-interest, not public virtue.
The "four quarters" of the Inca were created to __________
A) control Inca society B) manage the economy C) maintain central control D) defend the empire
The policies of Otto von Bismarck before 1871
a. were based on the practice of Idealpolitik. b. ignored domestic opposition and concentrated on foreign affairs. c. used warfare as an instrument of policy, regardless of its consequences. d. used parliament to endorse the policy of increased taxes, and used the new revenues collected to reorganize the Prussian military. e. led to Prussia dominating the Second Austrian Reich.
The first woman to run on a major party's presidential ticket was Sandra Day O'Connor.
a. true b. false