How did opponents of the Jay Treaty try to prevent it from taking effect?
a. They tried to stop action on all legislative business in the House by engaging in a filibuster.
b. They urged all senators and congressmen who opposed the treaty to engage in a boycott of legislativesessions
c. They urged the president to invoke executive privilege.
d. They tried to defeat appropriations bills in the House that would provide funds necessary to carry out thetreaty's provisions.
d
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A. believe that complex civilizations began in the Americas earlier than in the Indus valley and ancient Egypt. B. believe that complex civilizations began in the Americas before they began in Afroeurasia. C. revise theories about the types of farming implements used by early Americans. D. believe that farming began in the Americas before it did in Afroeurasia.
What was the result of Luther's debate with the Catholic Church in the Ninety-Five Theses?
A) Luther was excommunicated due to his refusal to recant. B) Luther's ideas were reconciled with Catholic Church doctrine. C) Luther was burned as a heretic at the stake. D) Luther was forced to recant his beliefs and he went into seclusion. E) Luther was evicted from the monastery and sent to prison.
Federalists predominated in __________
A) coastal commercial centers B) the backcountry C) the Lower South D) small towns and rural areas
In 1950, Alger Hiss was convicted of spying on the United States
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.