Which of the following is an example of the growing complexity of American society after independence?
A) There was a shift away from small-scale subsistence farming.
B) Many young men and young couples migrated westward.
C) Slavery expanded as a viable economic system.
D) Free blacks began to suffer an erosion of the political gains made after 1776.
E) All of these choices
E
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called to
a. write a completely new constitution. b. allow the most radical Revolutionary leaders to write their ideas into law. c. weaken the power of the central government. d. revise the Articles of Confederation. e. reassess our foreign alliances.
Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by
a. his commitment to the Franco-American alliance of 1778. b. the threat of British naval action against the American coast. c. the national government's dependence on customs collections for revenue and the promotion of international trade with favored partners. d. his personal commitment to democratic government as a world ideal. e. his connection to the French foreign minister Citizen Edmond Genêt.
How did the United States and Great Britain avoid war over Venezuela?
A) The U.S. defeat of Spain in Cuba sobered Great Britain into conceding Venezuela. B) Great Britain's superior naval fleet, fully deployed off the coast of Venezuela and Guiana, discouraged U.S. involvement. C) Larger problems in Africa and Europe caused Britain to agree to negotiate with Venezuela. D) The U.S. annexation of Hawaii and the Philippines sobered Great Britain into conceding Venezuela. E) The Venezuelan people successfully boycotted British and U.S. products, demonstrating their resolve for self-rule.
South Carolina seceded from the Union in response to __________
A) the election of Abraham Lincoln B) the collapse of the national Democratic Party C) the decision to bombard Fort Sumter D) the Dred Scott decision