Which of the following incidents influenced the framers of the Constitution while creating the Electoral College?
A) The Boston massacre
B) Shays' Rebellion
C) The Gaspee incident
D) The Boston Tea Party
E) Fries's Rebellion
B
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Tobacco cultivation in the antebellum South
A. was easy on the soil. B. was centered in the lower South. C. enjoyed a stable market. D. never made a profit. E. was gradually moving westward.
The most impassioned opposition to globalization in the West
A. claimed it was an economic threat. B. argued it was turning American workers into poorly-paid "slave laborers." C. favored free-trade agreements. D. asserted it weakened the profitability of large corporations. E. argued it gave too much freedom to individuals and communities abroad.
In a speech later called the "malaise speech," President Carter expressed his feeling that
A) the record profits of such companies as Exxon were merited. B) the problems of the economy had been overrated. C) no actions were needed to solve the energy crisis. D) he should not run for a second term of office. E) the nation was experiencing a spiritual and moral crisis.
According to a study published in 2014, the skeletal remains of “Naia”, found in an underwater cave in the Yucatán Peninsula, give strong evidence for the notion that:
a. Water once covered the entirety of modern Mexico and humans had adapted to these conditions. b. Early Amerindian cultures practiced human sacrifice. c. Cro-Magnon peoples had emigrated to the Americas carried by favorable winds across the Atlantic Ocean. d. Members from one single, genetically uniform population populated the Americas from at least 16,000 years ago.