How did party politics shape American political life during the first two administrations?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The Federalists and the Republicans had conflicting goals, which led to different policies.
b. The Federalists used their control of Congress to push through a bill establishing the Bank of the United States despite Republican opposition.
c. The Republicans rallied enough support to reject the Federalist proposal for government subsidies for manufacturing industries.
d. The Federalists pushed through the Alien and Sedition Acts in an attempt to silence their Republican critics.
e. The Republicans passed the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions to challenge the constitutionality of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
f. Federalist support for war against France resulted in an undeclared naval war with France.
g. Republican opposition to the war pressured Adams to withdraw the United States from the war.
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a. Serbia joined with the South Slavs to become Yugoslavia. b. The Czech and Slovak regions of Austria became Czechoslovakia. c. France gained the Rhineland from Germany. d. Germany lost Alsace and Lorraine. e. The Italians gained control of the South Tyrol.
The ________ Act made it a crime to criticize the President or Congress.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
James K. Polk ran for president in 1844 on a platform calling for the simultaneous annexation of Texas and __________.
a. Oregon b. California c. Cuba d. Utah
Swahili _____________were Muslims claiming Middle Eastern descent and, by virtue of profiting from long-distance trade with the countries around the Indian Ocean, either ascended to the throne of their cities as kings or governed their cities in a council along with their peers.
a. high priests b. elders c. patricians d. mullahs