The placement of the national capitol on the boundary of Virginia and Maryland came about in a compromise to obtain enough votes to:
A) ratify Jay's and Pinckney's treaties.
B) pass the Alien and Sedition Acts.
C) ratify the Bill of Rights.
D) pass Hamilton's state debt assumption plan.
Answer: D
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Why did President Adams's peace overtures to France in 1798 and 1799 initially fail?
A) President Adams's new diplomatic delegation to France undermined his peace goals and objectives by demanding French foreign minister Talleyrand pay American diplomats a bribe. B) Americans became outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats. C) They were not made in good faith but designed strictly to alleviate political pressure from the Federalists. D) France refused to negotiate about French naval interference with U.S. commercial shipping under any conditions.
Paintings that depict people wearing animal masks or skins likely represent
a. rituals to communicate with the dead or the gods. b. practices that are only for entertainment. c. early mating rituals. d. None of these are correct.
In the 1950s, India
A. took a neutral, third-world position in the Cold War. B. opposed United States "hegemonism" in the Philippines and Manchuria. C. took the side of the Soviet Union in the Cold War. D. opposed Chinese independence. E. rejected the Marxist policies begun by Nehru.
In an effort to control its African American population, Charleston city officials __________.
A. enslaved free blacks B. made blacks wear badges C. banned the migration of blacks from the countryside to the city D. required all blacks to join white churches