"Great talkers, little doers." Who probably wrote this aphorism?
a. Phillis Wheatley
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Abigail Adams
d. Thomas Jefferson
e. John Dickinson
Ans: b. Benjamin Franklin
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A) state sponsored education B) better roads C) housing shortage D) sanitation E) greater food supply
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A) He wanted to destroy the bank and replace its paper money with gold and silver currency.? B) ?He vetoed the bill to recharter the bank in 1832. C) ?He argued that the bank was run by the rich and powerful as many of the stockholders were wealthy foreigners. D) ?He removed all federal deposits from the bank and put them in state banks. E) ?All of these are correct.
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A) the pastor at the church he attended B) the vice presidential nominee C) his campaign manager D) his maternal grandfather