Who argued in the "South Carolina Exposition" that states possessed the right to nullify federal laws within their borders?
a. Henry Clay
b. John Quincy Adams
c. Andrew Jackson
d. John C. Calhoun
e. Martin Van Buren
d
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Which action led to increased American isolationism?
A. the Lend-Lease agreement B. the Declaration of Lima C. the Clark Memorandum D. The Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt decided not to run for reelection in 1908 because a. He had decided to retire
b. He feared he would not win the nomination. c. There were deep rifts between him and old guard conservatives in the Republican Party. d. He had promised four years earlier that he would not run again. e. All of these choices.
Many Americans became concerned about the increasing foreign intervention in China because they
a. feared that church missions would be jeopardized and Chinese markets closed to non-Europeans. b. wanted exclusive trade rights with the Chinese. c. feared German military domination of China. d. believed that such intervention undermined Chinese sovereignty. e. disliked the racial attitudes displayed by the Europeans.
Which of the following was not a feature of the Stamp Act crisis of 1765?
A. The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on transactions involving printed material. B. The Stamp Act was passed by the Stamp Act Congress as a way to subvert the power of Parliament to tax the colonies. C. Opponents of the Stamp Act claimed for colonists the full rights of Englishmen, while defenders of the act insisted that the colonies were subordinate to the mother country. D. While resistance to the Stamp Act was launched by colonial elites, it soon developed into a mass movement involving thousands of ordinary Americans.