The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia considered one of their most significant goals to be
a. maintaining slavery.
b. securing a national currency.
c. raising revenues and a national army.
d. crafting a government that would project strength at home and abroad.
e. increasing social equality.
e
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Which of the following was true of the Stamp Act?
A. It subjected violators to a trial without a jury. B. It had little or no impact on ordinary colonists. C. It had to be approved by the colonial assemblies before it went into effect. D. It applied only to legal documents such as contracts, deeds, and wills.
Henry George, the author of Progress and Poverty (1879), claimed that a. tariffs benefited labor as much as business. b. the only way to achieve social justice was by abolishing private property. c. a single property tax, based on the rise in property values caused by increased market demand, wouldprevent profiteering by land speculators
d. only a rigidly enforced income tax on the wealthy could provide the revenue necessary to end poverty.
What event during the course of the above strike led to public opinion swinging in favor of public sector collective bargaining in Memphis:
A: assassination of martin luther king jr B: bus boycott C: march of Washington DC D: none of the above
If you were to be an odds-maker right after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, whom would you have made the favorite in the upcoming battle between the Confederates and the Union. Why?
What will be an ideal response?