What city, which served as the temporary capital, did the new Congress assemble in during the spring of 1789?
A) Washington, DC
B) New York
C) Philadelphia
D) Boston
Answer: B
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By the end of 1784, the United States __________.
A. had fallen into an economic depression B. was on the brink of war with France C. had moved substantially closer to universal white male suffrage D. had a trade surplus with Britain
The Second Bank of the United States, chartered in 1816,
A) ?was authorized to coordinate the flow of money. B) ?operated totally as a public enterprise. C) ?ran into much opposition, especially from eastern businessmen. D) ?was the brainchild of Thomas Jefferson. E) ?was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1817.
What is true about the constitutions developed by the Republican-dominated conventions?
A) They allowed all blacks to vote. B) They did not disfranchise huge numbers of former Confederates. C) They generally provided few guarantees to blacks. D) They gave the Ku Klux Klan a prominent role as an organization.
In the publication Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that
a. foreign nations would reject an independent American government b. the British government would be impossible to overthrow c. America was dependent on British trade and protection d. the American colonies should break away from England.