The Tenure of Office Act
A. was roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
B. was designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority.
C. None of these answers is correct.
D. was both designed to limit President Andrew Johnson's authority and roundly condemned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
E. gave the Senate the power to appoint members of the president's cabinet.
B
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Which of the following was a result of the building of canals such as the Erie Canal?
a. Canals established important transportation links between the Midwest and the North. b. Canals established important transportation links between the North and the South. c. Financed by the federal government, canal building required an increase in the federal taxes. d. So little thought was put into the routes for canals that they served little useful commercial purpose.
The Ottoman military had declined by the nineteenth century because
A) the Janissary corps was more interested in palace intrigues than in military training. B) the Janissaries resisted all efforts to modernize the army. C) many provincial rulers had private mercenary armies. D) Ottoman forces carried outmoded equipment. E) All these answers are correct.
Most Americans who looked to expand America's influence overseas were interested, not in territorial possessions, but in expanded trade.
a. true b. false