There were many imperfections in the final Articles of Confederation. However, future changes would prove difficult because:
a. amendments required the unanimous consent of all states
b. amendments required a two-thirds vote of the Senate and House
c. lacking the power to tax, Congress could not finance required changes
d. the courts would have to rule on the Constitutionality of any changes
A
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The characteristics of Progressivism included __________.
a. concern about the effects of industrialization b. applying the principle of laissez-faire to big business c. being fundamentally pessimistic about human nature d. being unwilling to directly intervene in other people’s lives
Which of the following was not one of the ways that the automobile affected American life?
A) It gave young people freedom from parental oversight. B) It broke down the isolation of rural life. C) It let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs. D) It increased mobility but came with new annoyances. E) It reinforced stereotypes of feminine delicacy.
All of the following were inventors except
a. John D. Rockefeller. b. Thomas A. Edison. c. Alexander Graham Bell. d. George Westinghouse. e. none of these choices.
Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indentured servants were __________
a. usually from the dregs of English society b. English farmers who saw a better future in the New World c. normally single, lower-class males in their teens or early twenties d. married individuals who came with their families e. generally convicted criminals who traded jail time in England for indentures