An enlightened document, the American Constitution (1787), provided an example of
a. an enlightened monarchy.
b. a classless society.
c. limited yet effective government.
d. constitutional monarchy.
e. laissez-faire.
c
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Why did interest in national politics wane in the early nineteenth century?
a. Many people began to believe that all politicians, especially those far-removed from their constituency, were corrupt. b. Most people were focused on state politics because of a rise in political parties and internal strife. c. Many people were distracted by the changes in the Supreme Court and paid less attention to national politics. d. Most people were satisfied by the geographical and economic growth of the country, so they were not concerned with national politics. e. Many people still distrusted a strong central government and therefore wanted to develop their state governments rather than the federal one.
How did Augustus handle the matter of succession?
a. He ruled that only biological sons could succeed to the throne after the death of the princeps. b. He did not resolve the question of his succession and instead named his wife's son as his heir. c. He determined that the legally married wives of princeps could act as regents for sons too young to take power. d. He decided that, for those with no sons, legal daughters could take power as princeps. e. He agreed that sons and daughters born from a mistress could become princeps.
Immediately after taking office, President Roosevelt responded to the banking crisis by
a. restoring the gold standard to guarantee the soundness of American currency. b. nationalizing the ten largest banks in the United States. c. providing major federal loans to the largest and soundest banks. d. establishing a new Bank of the United States to guarantee deposits. e. closing all American banks for a week, while reorganizing them on a sounder basis.
Who proposed a heliocentric theory to explain the movement of the heavenly bodies?
a. Voltaire b. Galileo Galilei c. Nicolaus Copernicus d. Ptolemy e. Johannes Kepler