Which concept found in the United States Constitution was a belief held by the social contract philosophers of the Enlightenment period?
(a) presidential cabinet
(b) judicial review
(c) limited monarchy
(d) sovereignty of the people
Answer: (d) sovereignty of the people
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What did the Northwest Territory border on?
a. St. Lawrence River. b. Chesapeake Bay. c. Pacific Ocean. d. Great Lakes. e. Atlantic Ocean.
Which of the following was a major concern when California applied for statehood?
A) Whether California still had large gold reserves B) Whether California would disrupt the economic equilibrium of the country C) Whether California would enter the Union as a slave state or a free state D) Whether the country's transportation system was prepared to deal with the needs of a state that was far from the others E) Whether another potential state could be found to balance out whatever California decided about slavery
Distrusting "money power" Jackson opposed wealthy merchants and bankers of the North and wealthy planters who dominated the yeoman of the South.
a. true b. false
When Nebraskan Senator George Norris, said, "We are going into war upon the command of gold" he meant
A) U.S. soldiers would be able to pillage European estates. B) the U.S. involvement was simply a way of protecting loans to the allies. C) U.S. soldiers abroad would prevent Germany from attacking U.S. soil. D) war always brings economic advantages to the victors.