It is the text authors' view that "Jackson greatly expanded the power and prestige of the Presidency and federal government." Describe several specific actions by Andrew Jackson that illustrate this point
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: the nullification crisis overrides state authority; the Bank veto asserts presidential power; Jackson's view of the President as representative of the people gives the office prestige.
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During the Freedom Summer,
a. students marched to Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War. b. black and white activists registered black voters in Mississippi. c. activists were not victimized by violence. d. Sheriff Bull Connor ordered that dogs should be used against civil rights marchers.
The Ostend Manifesto was a memorandum that accused the Pierce administration of __________
a. accepting bribes from southern plantation owners b. conspiring with northerners to make the United States a "free-soil wasteland" c. wanting to punish the working class through taxation d. wanting to create a "Caribbean slave empire" by annexing Cuba e. discriminating against recent immigrants through unfair voting laws
Critics of the Great Society program came from across the political spectrum
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Rising criticism of NAFTA and economic globalization suggests that a. many Americans were less enthusiastic about globalization than was President Clinton. b. both ordinary workers and multinational corporations were becoming more hostile to the realities of a globalmarket economy
c. it is impossible for activists to mount large demonstrations when the issues are financially complex. d. globalization made it easier than ever before for automobile workers to wage a Buy American campaign.