Which of the following statements is true of the Virginia Plan?
A) It sought to reduce the powers of the federal government.
B) It suggested that the president should be elected by the Congress.
C) It favored the small states in the Union.
D) It called for revising the Articles of Confederation.
E) It was proposed by William Paterson.
B
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Why did Thomas Jefferson decide to make the Louisiana Purchase?
a. Spain closed the port of New Orleans to American commerce. b. Great Britain invaded Cuba. c. The citizens of New Orleans petitioned him to do so. d. Napoleon sent troops to the Dominican Republic. e. Jefferson realized that the United States would gain Florida as well.
The United States and other Western nations responded to the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin by
A) airlifting supplies into the isolated city. B) ignoring the Soviet Union's attempt at expansionism. C) threatening to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union. D) negotiating with the Soviet Union. E) intervening with military forces.
Which of the following contributed to the massive German inflation of the 1920s?
a. the progressive social policies promised by the Weimar government b. the allied reparations bill and continued postwar deficit c. the French invasion of the Ruhr d. All of these answers are correct.
How did transportation affect industry and agriculture in the early nineteenth century?
A) Improved land and water transportation changed the U.S. from an agricultural to an industrial society. B) Improved land and water transportation allowed the U.S. to develop more industry and create a cash crop agricultural system. C) Developments in land and water transportation were slow so the U.S. remained an agricultural society with virtually no industry. D) Because land transportation was so poor, water transportation caused industry and agriculture to be confined to the East coast. E) Because water transportation was cheaper than land transportation, industry soon replaced agriculture in the U.S.