As part of Northern resistance to the Mexican War, who went to jail rather than pay taxes that might support the war?
A) Henry David Thoreau
B) Ralph Waldo Emerson
C) John Slidell
D) Thomas Larkin
Answer: A
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A) a rise in the price of crude oil. B) double-digit inflation. C) a business recession. D) a shortage of available laborers. E) a shortage of crude oil worldwide.
Many Chesapeake planters turned to wheat as a second crop
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Explain the influence of progressives on domestic economic policy during the war.
What will be an ideal response?
In 2002, twelve member states of the European Union promoted economic growth and free trade by
a. signing NAFTA agreements. b. taking advantage of loans from the United Nations. c. bringing a law suit against the Tri-Lateral Commission. d. adopting a common currency, the euro. e. unifying all of Europe into one single country.