Select every statement that is true concerning the Mayflower Compact.
a. Everyone on board the Mayflower has to sign it
b. The Compact was aimed to make just and equal laws for the general good of the colony.
c. It is a step towards theocracy
d. It is a step towards self-government
Answer: a,b,d
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A) the United States. B) Italy. C) France. D) Russia. E) Germany.
Which of the following would Jefferson have viewed as a positive effect of westward expansion in the early 19th century?
a.) Rapid industrialization in areas west of the Mississippi River b.) Increased debates over the spread of slavery c.) The ability to become an independent farmer and landowner d.) A better understanding of Native American culture and society
In contrast to earlier efforts to expand, American expansion in the 1890s __________.
a) involved territories intended to be used as naval bases, trading outposts, or commercial centers b) was limited to pockets of unexplored and unpopulated regions in North and South America c) focused more on settlement and agricultural development of lands contiguous with U.S. territory d) did not have the support of the U.S. government or the vast majority of the American population
Thomas Hobbes, the most original political thinker of the seventeenth century,
a. advocated a commonwealth. b. developed a defense of absolute royal authority which did not depend on ideas of divine right. c. sought to infuse politics with religious meaning. d. based his ideas on an optimistic view of human nature.