William Howard Taft undermined Roosevelt's legacy in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A) he replaced the Secretary of the Interior with someone who was not a staunch conservationist.
B) he signed higher tariff rates and vetoed efforts to reduce the tariff on wool, steel, cotton, and iron, which alienated the progressive base of the party.
C) he fired Gifford Pinchot as head of the U.S. Forest Service.
D) he refused to break-up any corporate monopolies during his tenure in office.
Answer: D
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a) The missionaries thought many of their secular colleagues were only interested in wealth and power and did not care about the souls of the native peoples they encountered. b) The missionaries believed that their secular colleagues were not sharing enough wealth with the Church to help spread its missionary activities. Consider This: Fortune seekers were not particularly concerned with observing customary social or religious niceties once they arrived overseas. See 4.2: Building Empires. c) The missionaries were concerned that many of the ship companies were populated with heretics and secret Jews and Muslims who would undermine their missionary program. Consider This: Fortune seekers were not particularly concerned with observing customary social or religious niceties once they arrived overseas. See 4.2: Building Empires. d) The missionaries wanted to explore places where the natives had not yet heard the word of God, but the ship captains insisted on keeping to ports they had already visited. Consider This: Fortune seekers were not particularly concerned with observing customary social or religious niceties once they arrived overseas. See 4.2: Building Empires.
An essay by Henry David Thoreau indicative of transcendental literature was:
A) Walden. B) Nature. C) Leaves of Grass. D) The Scarlet Letter.
Bacon’s Rebellion reflected
a. backcountry discontent with Governor Berkeley’s Indian policy. b. lower-class opposition to import duties. c. tidewater discontent with Berkeley’s dictatorial style. d. tidewater resentment of the Navigation Acts. e. none of these choices.
The French were generally more successful than the English in winning friends among the Indians because
a. the French did not try to promote Christianity among the tribes. b. the French were more involved with trade than settlement. c. the larger French population impressed the Indians. d. France did not try to enslave the Indians. e. all of these choices.