How was news of the Treat of Ghent and Colonel Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans greeted by most Americans?
A) with enthusiastic national celebrations and optimism for new political prospects and duties that would strengthen the country, even among some opponents of the war
B) with a weary pessimism about the future political and economic development of the United States
C) with a deepening fear that the United States was close to bankruptcy and that the American experiment had come desperately close to failing
D) popular relief that the war was over but convinced that future political, economic, and military conflicts would re-emerge
Answer: A
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A. struck down a plan to transfer students across municipal lines to achieve racial balance. B. handed down a decision that delighted both liberals and conservatives. C. upheld the principle of affirmative action. D. eliminated all restrictions on performing abortions. E. None of these answers is correct.
Congressional conservatives tried to derail passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by
a. threatening to shut down Congress. b. refusing to vote on the measure. c. adding a line banning sexual discrimination d. striking references to public accommodations from the law. e. attaching an antiwar measure to the legislation.
Just days after taking office, Franklin Roosevelt took action to save the nation's banking system.
a. true b. false
President Wilson's insistence on the right to __________ clashed with both British and German objectives
A) trade with both sides B) speak out against the war C) remain out of the fighting D) sink ships from both sides