The Hartford Convention (1814) was
A. the business conference where the first American insurance company was organized.
B. a meeting of New England literary figures.
C. a protest meeting of antiwar New Englanders.
D. a diplomatic agreement concerning Oregon.
Answer: C
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A) 3/4 B) 1/2 C) 1/3 D) 1/4
The nineteenth-century novelist who described the coal towns as a place "where the struggling vegetation sickened and sank under the hot breath of kiln and furnace" was
A) Mark Twain. B) Emile Zola. C) Herman Melville. D) Charles Dickens. E) George Eliot.
The political cartoon "A Christmas Carol: Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards Man" expresses which of the following views of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
A) It was a step in the right direction toward world peace. B) It was unlikely to prevent future wars. C) It had been negotiated in good faith. D) It would protect only the United States, not Europe.
In seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland a. sought to reduce an embarrassing federal Treasury surplus of over $100 million
b. incurred the political wrath of nervous industrialists who provided heavy financial support to the Republicans and their legally dubious vote buying operations during the 1888 presidential election. c. divided and demoralized his own Democratic party, which was forced to fight the upcoming election over the controversial tariff issue. d. probably cost himself reelection in 1888 because the tariff issue mobilized the Republicans quite effectively. e. All of these choices are correct.