The Force Act of 1833:
a. created a standing federal army to deal with threats to national security.
b. provided for a police force for the District of Columbia.
c. gave the president authority to use military personnel to collect tariffs.
d. became law at the insistence of nullification supporters.
e. was declared unconstitutional by Chief Justice Roger Taney in 1838.
Answer: c. gave the president authority to use military personnel to collect tariffs.
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A) successful opposition by Amerindians and Africans. B) drain placed on Iberia?s finances by colonization efforts in the Americas. C) deflationary impact of bullion imports. D) failure to find productive investments with profits from New World colonies. E) wars of conquest.
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