When Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1800, one of his goals was to
a. limit the power of the federal government.
b. use government to regulate the greed of corporate interests.
c. implement an activist, pro-French foreign policy.
d. knit the nation together by building a federally financed transportation network.
a
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The author of the short novel The Awakening was
A) Jane Addams. B) Kate Chopin. C) Florence Crittenden. D) Frances Willard.
Which of the following was not one of the features or powers of government under the Articles of Confederation?
A) a national congress in which each state had only one vote. B) the requirement for unanimous approval of the states before Congress could enact any tax measure. C) the provision that no congressional power to regulate interstate or foreign commerce. D) a single-chamber Congress, elected by state legislatures, in which each state had one vote. E) a president elected by the state legislatures.
An important procedural decision approved at the opening of the Constitutional Convention involved __________
a. publicizing the convention's meetings and debates b. its refusal to allow the small states to present their plans for constitutional revisions c. the decision to keep deliberations as secret as possible d. the election of James Madison as chairman e. the requirement of a plurality rather than a simple majority to implement changes
The Almoravid religious zealots seized much of the Iberian Peninsula from
a. Christian rulers in support of Muslim rulers already there. b. Muslim rulers in support of Christians. c. Muslim and Christian rulers in order to found an empire of their own. d. the Almohad rulers who had conquered the peninsula before them.