Why did the federal government pay farmers not to grow crops during the 1930s?
What will be an ideal response?
The government hoped to raise agricultural prices by reducing the supply of crops.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero's speech describing the activities of Gaius Verres while governor of Sicily highlights what aspect of the Roman Republic?
A) the fair treatment of all subjects B) the denial of Latin Right to foreigners C) the extension of citizenship to socii D) the unchecked power of governors
The popular religious leader who was banned from Massachusetts in 1638 was
a. John Cotton. b. Increase Mather. c. Anne Hutchinson. d. Cotton Mather. e. Squanto.
President Franklin Pierce's attempt to annex Hawai'i to the United States failed for which of the following reasons?
A. Northern and Southern Congressmen alike expressed doubts about the nation's ability to defend the island.. B. Southerners would not vote for the entry of another free state into the Union. C. Northern Congressmen feared that an expansionist Slave Power was behind the annexation treaty. D. Northern and Southern Congressmen expressed fears that acquisition of Hawai'i would draw the United States into an Asian war.
The response of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa to white expansion would best be described as __________.
A. voluntary assimilation B. pan-Indian resistance C. accepting the reservation system D. acknowledging whites' legal rights to western land