A major financial problem that confronted mid-eighteenth-century America involved the __________
a. heavy debt owed to the British
b. colonists' refusal to buy English products
c. shortage of gold and silver coinage
d. colonies' failure to print paper money
e. lack of credit available to merchants
A
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a. He lent Jackson an air of sophistication and legitimacy. b. He was well known and well liked in the South. c. He dominated New York politics. d. He had the ear of Henry Clay.
Although the U.S. government had supplied them with money and weapons in the 1980s, ________ became the first target of George W. Bush's "war on terror" because he believed they were protecting Osama bin Laden
A) Hezbollah in Lebanon B) the Taliban in Afghanistan C) the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Syria D) Hamas in Palestine
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions opposed the __________
A) Alien and Sedition Act B) Whiskey Rebellion C) Jay's Treaty D) XYZ Affair
The Treaty of Tianjin
a. criminalized the opium trade. b. ended western involvement in China. c. ended Manchu rule and established the Republic of China. d. resulted in many concessions by China, including the opening of additional ports and the cession of territory to westerners. e. saw the establishment of the "Heavenly Kingdom of Supreme Peace."