Which of the following reflects the perspective of the leaders of the American republic on the question of women in politics?
a) “The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I.”
b) “Our high and mighty Lords . . . have denied us the means of knowledge, and then reproached us for want of it.”
c) “They doom’d the sex to servile or frivolous employments, on purpose to degrade their minds, that they themselves might hold unrivall’d, the power and pre-eminence they had usurped.”
d) “I hope you will not consider yourself as commander in chief in your own house—but be
convinced . . . that there is such a thing as equal command.”
a) “The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor am I.”
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a. restored Legalism as its supporting official philosophy. b. was able to solve the problem of nomadic invasions by using its new fire-lance to exterminate nomadic cavalry. c. developed the equivalent of a modern cabinet within its Department of State Affairs. d. dissolved its entire military structure to save money for trading activities. e. was run by a female emperor during the late Yuan dynasty.
How did Jackson's attitude and policies toward Native Americans compare to those of Jefferson?
A) Jefferson respected Native Americans and wanted to grant them their rights, whereas Jackson hated Native Americans and wanted to kill them. B) Jefferson always viewed Native Americans as noble savages, whereas Jackson always viewed them as children. C) Both men were ambivalent, tolerating Native Americans sometimes, while allowing for their displacement or murder at other times. D) Both men respected Native Americans and their culture, but were pressured by other politicians to remove them from their land. E) Both men vilified Native Americans, blaming them for the foreign conflicts (especially with Britain and Canada) and economic setbacks.
Slavery warped southern whites by
A) encouraging poor whites to work for someone else to earn a stake to buy some land. B) allowing them too much leisure time. C) causing basically decent people to commit countless petty cruelties. D) encouraging southern slave owners to develop strong emotional bonds with people that they treated as mere possessions.
For many people, religious revivalism offered the first opportunity to __________.
A. take advantage of a genuine economic opportunity B. participate actively in public debate and public action C. contribute to the community D. voice their opposition to British rule