Buddhist pilgrims traveling the Silk Road to Eastern Asia found a major monastery with stone-carved monuments at
a. Kabul
b. Taxila
c. Bactria
d. Bamiyan
e. Isfahan
d
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How did Washington's and Adams's cabinets compare to today's cabinet?
A) They were much smaller, consisting of only three offices, whereas today's cabinet comprises dozens of secretaries and thousands of employees. B) They were much larger, since laying the groundwork for a new nation required more human resources than does running a superpower today. C) Their cabinets had less power; they acted only as advisors to the president and could not create any actual policies. D) Their cabinet members, being from the same political party, accomplished more by cooperating better than today's members. E) Their cabinets met less frequently, as they were busy traveling about the country or Europe, whereas today's members stay mainly in Washington, D.C.
In the years after the War of 1812, support for the idea of political parties was greatest in
A. New Jersey. B. New York. C. Rhode Island. D. Virginia. E. Pennsylvania.
How did the Confederation Congress respond to the flooding of the American market with British goods?
A. It imposed a high protective tariff on British imports in an effort to save American producers. B. It could do nothing because it lacked the power to establish a national commercial policy. C. It established quotas, stipulating that only a certain number of certain goods could be imported. D. It imposed an embargo on all British products.
Discuss the characteristics of the crop-lien system, and explain the system's impact on poor southern farmers.
What will be an ideal response?