Why did the Republicans advocate a high tariff?
a. to protect American industry from foreign competition
b. to keep federal revenues high so that the government could expand
c. to protect southern farmers
d. to advance the interests of western miners
a. to protect American industry from foreign competition
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A) disarmament B) an international peacekeeping body C) a war-guilt clause D) self-determination for countries E) freedom of the seas
Influential writers left America and went to Europe to form intellectual expatriate communities because:
A) they were inspired by European art and culture. B) they were not valued in their own country. C) they found commercial America vulgar. D) they were persecuted by politicians for influencing citizens. E) they intended to learn the style of European writers.
When John C. Calhoun put forth his doctrine of nullification, he was
A. a senator. B. secretary of state. C. a congressman. D. vice president. E. governor of South Carolina.
How would one BEST describe the interactions of Alvar Nàºñez Cabeza de Vaca with the Indians of southern Texas, the northern states of Mexico, and the Pacific coast?
A) violent and deadly B) wary and dismissive C) peaceful and healing D) incomprehensible and confusing