Explain why Congress rejected the "Report on Manufactures." Who opposed it and why?
What will be an ideal response?
The Report was opposed by shippers who feared it would interfere with imports and trade, and by farmers who feared retaliatory tariffs on farm exports and rising prices on manufactured goods. Southerners opposed favoritism to northern manufacturing; and to Jeffersonians, it appeared to threaten agrarian values.
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A) Europeans are actually the highest culture, and Africans should follow their lead. B) America is a melting pot, bringing together many cultures, including Africans. C) Africa should be only one of the main focal points of their study of history. D) European civilization came from African origins, especially from Egypt.
One of the most important social changes of the war years was the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to California to work in defense plants and shipyards. This became known as the "Great Migration."
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Colonial governors
a. generally ignored colonial legislatures. b. were elected by the upper and middle classes. c. depended on colonial legislatures for their compensation and daily operations. d. were usually colonial-born after 1700. e. were elected by the colonials.
At the time it was issued, the Monroe Doctrine was
a. a mere presidential declaration incapable of being enforced by the United States. b. greeted with enthusiasm and gratitude in South America. c. universally acclaimed in Britain as a great act of statesmanship. d. welcomed with relief by European powers who viewed it as a check on British expansion. e. acclaimed by anti-imperialist liberals and democrats in Europe.