John C. Calhoun advocated nullification of a federal law in 1828, and again in 1832 to?:

a) please President Jackson.
b) Defeat the re charting of the Bank of the United States.
c) avoid secession.
d) promote the formation of the Confederate States of America.


Answer: c) avoid secession.

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A. crushing of alternative political groups. B. capture of full legal authority. C. creation of an alliance with centrist parties. D. purging of rivals within the Nazi Party itself. E. exploitation of an atmosphere of fear.

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The two Western nations most affected by the Great Depression were

A) Germany and France. B) France and Sweden. C) the United States and Great Britain. D) Germany and Belgium. E) Germany and the United States.

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After Tiberius's land-reform bill was voted down by the Senate, he introduced ________

A. a bill that would have done the opposite B. a more extreme version of the bill C. the Senate to his family in a bid to win sympathy D. his brother to politics E. a watered-down version that could be passed

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The political philosophy of Whigs

A. allied the party with the abolition movement. B. favored expanding the power of the federal government. C. opposed industrialism as a source of concentrated wealth. D. encouraged the rapid western expansion of the nation. E. celebrated "honest workers" and "simple farmers."

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