Representing Whig beliefs, Henry Clay's "American System" endorsed all of the following except which one?
a. federal financial support for internal improvements
b. protective tariffs
c. a strong national bank
d. stronger state banks
D
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The new political movements that resulted from the Industrial Revolution reflected the concerns of which of the following groups?
A) unskilled and semiskilled workers B) academics and scholars C) women in middle class households D) merchants and businessmen E) aristocrats and landowners
What country released more sulfur dioxide into the air than any other country during the 1990s?
a. Britain b. China c. India d. United States
"Putting out" refers to
A) the casting out of a worker from his guild. B) the casting out of an unskilled laborer from the domestic system. C) the refusal of Italian merchants to accept the goods of non-guild shops. D) a system of production in which merchants supply workers with raw materials and pay them by the piece or measure. E) the excommunication of unscrupulous entrepreneurs from the Catholic Church.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact the South?
A) It caused fewer slaves to run away from their masters, as they knew they would soon have complete equality with whites. B) It destroyed any chance that Britain or France would offer diplomatic recognition to the Confederate government. C) It caused slave owners to improve working conditions on the plantations so slaves would not leave even after they gained their freedom. D) It strengthened the South's ability to fight the war.