The text authors claim that John Quincy Adams was "one of the most brilliant and well-qualified men to serve in the White House." Why then was his presidency a failure?
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: his cold personality; his poor political skills; the circumstances of his election; his policies of high tariffs and nationalism; implementation of his Indian removal policy; the fracturing of the Republican Party.
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The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life included reverence for all of the following except
a. individual liberty. b. self-government. c. opposition to slavery. d. religious tolerance. e. economic opportunity.
The simplest way of moving information from short-term to long-term memory is to _______
A) take notes B) create a mnemonic C) repeat it D) ask a question about it
Which type of institution has occupied the center of the backlash against affirmative action?
A) educational institutions B) restaurants and cafeterias C) businesses and places of work D) government jobs at the state level
The monetary inflation needed to relieve the social and economic hardships of the late nineteenth century eventually came as a result of
a. the repeal of the Gold Standard Act. b. McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard. c. an increase in the international gold supply. d. the United States going off the gold standard. e. the creation of the Federal Reserve System.