When Republicans took office in 1800, what was their central goal?
What will be an ideal response?
The Republicans primarily sought the reduction of swollen governmental power. They equated this goal with the Revolution of 1776, so they were committed to limited government. They wanted to cut the size of the federal bureaucracy and the military establishment. They achieved these objectives by reducing the public debt and replacing Federalist officeholders with Republicans. By the end of Jefferson's presidency, power had shifted from the executive to Congress, which was riddled by factionalism.
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Black neoconservatives of the 1980s argued that affirmative action and other racial preference programs were:
A) no longer necessary and should be abolished. B) finally starting to work and should be continued. C) politically divisive and a threat to Republican candidates. D) not working as envisioned and should be replaced by new programs.
Unlike the Inca Empire, when faced by Spanish conquistadors, the Aztec Empire was ________
A) attacked by its neighbors B) defeated only with difficulty C) at the height of its power D) already nearly gone
By 1900, what group in California played the same role as poor black sharecroppers in the South?
A) Irish B) Mexicans C) Chinese D) Scandinavians
What were the Harappan most likely the first to do?
A. Leave written records. B. Master the cultivation of cotton. C. Domesticate animals for farming. D. Create a sustainable navy. E. Introduce a vital trade network into India.