In 1794, farmers in western Pennsylvania protested a federal excise tax, passed by the Congress in 1791, on __________.

a. processed tobacco
b. sugar
c. distilled whiskey
d. cotton


Ans: c. distilled whiskey

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a. the uneducated peasantry. b. landowning creoles. c. local church leaders. d. slaves. e. the merchant class.

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According to the 1880 census, the three cities with the highest percentage of foreign-born residents were Chicago, San Francisco, and __________

A) Pittsburgh B) Los Angeles C) New York D) Boston

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