How did the American public respond to Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon?
A) Most Americans approved of Ford's action.
B) Most Americans thought Ford should be impeached.
C) Most Americans thought Ford was part of the Watergate cover-up.
D) Most Americans disapproved of Ford's action.
D
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The southern planter John Hartwell Cocke’s Hopewell Plantation in Alabama was envisioned as __________
A) a penal colony for escaped slaves B) an experiment in reform that emphasized incentives and negotiated labor C) a Christian free labor alternative to slave-produced cotton D) a place to test new technology that would allow Southerners to own fewer slaves
How did the black community respond to the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court?
A) with great enthusiasm B) with open and extreme criticism C) with complete indifference D) with limited support
Which best describes the events that led to the creation of the US Constitution?
a. When it looked as though the US was going to win the War for Independence, the Continental Congress created the United States Constitution which outlines the form of government we still use today. b. The States were under the Articles of Confederation, a document that decentralized power, leaving most to the states, was wholly ineffectual at guiding the economy and dealing with the internal issue. As a result it could do little in the face of an economic recession and revolts in the countryside, like the one led by Daniel Shays. In response, American leaders called for reforming the Articles, leading eventually the creation of the US Constitution c. The States were under the Articles of Confederation, a document that gave power to a strong executive and Congress, essentially recreating the British system and therefore going against the ideals of the Revolution. As a result, farmers in Pennsylvania, led by Daniel Shays, revolted against the new government, forcing a Constitutional Convention to create a new form of government.
Analyze the causes of the English civil war, and why restoration ultimately resolved stability in England.
What will be an ideal response?