By the mid-1780s, many people of property and standing had come to believe which of the following?
a. Ordinary people were not virtuous enough to sustain a republic.
b. The United States needed to revert to monarchy.
c. The American Revolution had been, in many ways, a mistake.
d. The Articles of Confederation had created too strong a chief executive.
a. Ordinary people were not virtuous enough to sustain a republic.
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Which of the following statements about Europeans’ use of slave labor in the Americas is LEAST accurate?
a. Even before the discovery of the Americas, European planters had experience using African slaves to produce crops such as sugar. b. European settlers in the Americas intended from the beginning to use African slaves as their primary labor source. c. In some instances, European settlers adopted existing systems of Native American slavery to meet their labor needs. d. The use of enslaved laborers made the production of crops such as sugar an immensely profitable one for European planters.
What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
A. That states had the right to nullify federal law B. That the national government had the right to nullify state law C. That European colonization would not be welcomed in Latin America D. That the United States would seek to expand its control into the Pacific Ocean
One of the most lasting contributions of Napoleon Bonaparte's rule is
a. his conception of the role of the military. b. his law code. c. redrawing of the map of Europe. d. concept of abolishing aristocracy and subordinating the church to the state.
Which of the following statements does not accurately describe early Massachusetts settlers?
A) ?They believed the husband was superior to the wife. B) ?They accepted social inequality as the will of God. C) ?They believed in using coercion to induce compliance. D) ?They maintained a hierarchical social order. E) ?They believed everyone had a place in the family, church, and commonwealth.