The writers of the Constitution of 1787 created a powerful central government that shifted away from the concept of virtue and instead emphasized __________
A) federalism
B) checks and balances
C) domestic tranquility
D) virtual representation
B
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The Free-Soil movement supported the exclusion of slavery from the territories because __________
a. it believed in racial justice b. it believed in the immorality of slavery c. it feared the outbreak of slave insurrections in the territories d. of racial prejudice and fear of labor competition from freed slaves e. most western land was unsuited for plantation agriculture
Proverbs from ancient Sumer include which of these?
A) Wealth is hard to come by, but poverty is always at hand. B) He who is without sin, cast the first stone?. C) ?There is no God, but the God before you. D) ?The first shall be last and the last shall be first. E) ?Render unto Caesar what is Caesar and to God what is God's.
In formulating political goals and strategies, President Jackson surrounded himself with what came to be known as his
A) "Department Cabinet," which was a cabinet of secretaries who worked with the president to advance his policy goals and political ambitions within the existing departmental and bureaucratic structures. B) "Kitchen Cabinet," which were longtime friends and informal advisors who worked closely with the president to advance his policy goals and political ambitions, often bypassing the authority of appointed Cabinet secretaries and federal officials. C) "Tennessee Cabinet," which were longtime friends and political cronies from Tennessee who were mostly concerned with persuading Jackson to forcibly remove all Indians from Tennessee and Georgia. D) "Military Cabinet," which were longtime uniformed colleagues and formal advisors from the U.S. Army, who he relied on to develop Indian policy, foreign affairs, and military spending priorities.
The outstanding German philosopher whose Critique of Pure Reason ushered in a new age of philosophic idealism was
A) Kant. B) Spener. C) Zinzendorf. D) Swedenborg. E) Whitefield.