Why were most southerners unconcerned about Jackson's fight with South Carolina?
a. They knew him to be in sympathy with the abolitionists.
b. They knew him to be truly an advocate of extreme state sovereignty.
c. He was a southerner and a slaveholder.
d. They knew he was unable to prevent Congress from overriding his decisions.
e. He was a master politician with the ability to turn enemies into allies.
C
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What explains the higher standard of living rose for all property-owning Americans in the colonies in the eighteenth century?
A. Overseas demand for American exports never slowed during the course of the century. B. The passage of tax reform legislation by Parliament gave the American colonists more spendable income. C. Instead of buying expensive British imports, the colonists bought less expensive goods manufactured and crafted in the colonies. D. The price of British manufactured goods fell relative to the incomes of Americans.
The United States is the only place in the Western Hemisphere
A) that continued to legally import slave labor after 1808. B) where black life expectancy was the same as white life expectancy. C) where black families were not allowed to cohabitate. D) where the slave population grew by natural increase.
The first Europeans to explore the West African coast in search of gold were:
a. Spanish b. Portuguese c. English d. Americans e. Dutch
President Taylor favored admitting California to the Union as a free state
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.