President __________ originally sought the annexation of Hawaii in 1893, but annexation was blocked by the next president.
a. Cleveland
b. Harrison
c. McKinley
d. Roosevelt
b. Harrison
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In response to higher taxes, tidewater tobacco planters
a. diversified into other crops, such as wheat. b. moved to the West Indies. c. started growing sugarcane. d. demanded Parliament to raise tariffs on tobacco from the Mediterranean.
The rapid growth and development of the West after 1815 were stimulated by
a. the lure of cheap lands for easterners and European immigrants. b. construction of new railroads through the mountains into the West. c. the development of a tobacco strain suited to the climate of the Old Northwest. d. the abolition of slavery in the western territories. e. the stable economic environment of the 1820s.
The Soviet Union's announcement in 1960 that it had shot down an American U-2 spy plane
A. occurred at the close of an important summit conference in Paris. B. proved to be false. C. resulted in a UN proclamation that criticized the United States. D. led Soviet Premier Khrushchev to withdraw his invitation to Eisenhower to visit Moscow. E. compelled President Dwight Eisenhower to apologize for invading Soviet airspace.
At the Philadelphia convention, James Madison argued that the ultimate authority of the federal government came from the
A. Constitution. B. individual states. C. rule of law. D. Congress. E. people.