During the Civil War, the Confederacy's policy of impressment authorized its armies to:
A) seize food for the troops without any eventual payment.
B) confiscate slaves for military use but pay their owners full market value for them.
C) set up camps on private land whenever necessary.
D) take necessary food and slaves from civilians and pay with Confederate currency.
E) nationalize food production and war material industries.
D
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Industrialists sought more remote sites for new factories by 1900 because of all the following reasons EXCEPT
A) labor conflicts. B) deteriorating conditions of cities. C) Native American land claims. D) higher land prices.
Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?
a) Northern whites were not as racist as southern whites. b) More reformers lived in the North. c) The northern colonies used Indian labor instead. d) The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.
The supply-side economic theory that President Reagan sought to implement early in his administration called for
a. increasing government spending to stimulate consumption. b. maintaining high interest rates to control inflation. c. cutting taxes to encourage new investment. d. raising taxes to stimulate the economy. e. lowering interest rates to encourage spending.
In their decision for the plaintiffs in the Wilk's Antitrust lawsuit, the courts found that what United States Act (or Doctrine) had been violated?
a) The Sedition Act of 1918 b) The Sherman Act c) The Herbert Ross Reaver Act d) The Civil Rights Act