Why did the arrival of Irish immigrants prompt a backlash among native-born Protestants?
A) They were largely Roman Catholic.
B) Their connections to Ireland were too strong.
C) They were too friendly with Italian immigrants.
D) They took the best farmland in the Midwest.
A
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The Supreme Court decision that promoted economic development by rejecting the absolute sanctity of contracts when they conflicted with improvements for the good of the whole community was
A) Dartmouth College v. Woodward. B) Gibbons v. Ogden. C) the Charles River Bridge case. D) McCulloch v. Maryland.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
A) put five million young men and women to work in camps across the country. B) was a conservative political youth club. C) employed jobless young men in rural projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control. D) brought together business leaders to draft codes of fair competition. E) was the precursor to the National Guard.
Advocates of the free labor ideology viewed labor strikes as
a. dangerous, subversive plots. b. unfortunate misunderstandings that could be solved by prayer. c. evidence of the increased influence of foreign immigrants. d. justification for forming a new political party. e. positive events that helped free workers improve their working conditions.
By 1800, the largest concentration of free African Americans was in
a. Philadelphia. b. New York. c. Boston. d. Charleston. e. Newport.