Identify the causes of the Panic of 1819. Are they the same as what most people thought were the causes? How did public perception of the Panic affect public policy?
What will be an ideal response?
Causes: collapse of cotton prices; deflation of the currency (contracted bank credit and specie payment requirement for public land); factory closings due to European competition Many people, particularly in the South and West, thought the panic was the product of high tariffs, tight money policies, and costly government.
Effects: state constitution revisions; voting rights reform; hostility toward banks and "monopolies;" factionalization of the Republican Party; exacerbated North-South tensions
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Why did the Spanish and Portuguese feel particularly justified in transporting Africans as slaves?
a) Pope Nicholas V had decreed in the 1450s that it was permissible to put non-Christians into perpetual servitude. b) The Dutch and English were reluctant slave traders, so the Spanish and Portuguese could cash in on the African trade. Consider This: Why was convict labor unsatisfactory as a solution to colonial labor shortages? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. c) Pope Paul V approved slavery for Catholics as long as they agreed to convert their slaves, but not for Protestants, who would give the slaves heretical ideas. Consider This: Why was convict labor unsatisfactory as a solution to colonial labor shortages? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. d) Since the English and Dutch were trying to acquire African colonies, the Spanish and Portuguese believed transporting the locals as slaves would solve their labor shortages and also deny workers to their rivals. Consider This: Why was convict labor unsatisfactory as a solution to colonial labor shortages? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy.
Preparing for a meeting _______
A) is only important if you are a group leader B) means you should ignore anything that is not on the agenda C) involves not only studying the agenda and the minutes from the previous meeting, but also bringing materials that have not yet been covered that might help accomplish the agenda D) means convincing everyone ahead of time to be at the meeting, because if they aren't there to vote, their opinion doesn't count
Enlightenment philosophes generally approved of Thomas Hobbes's
a. advocacy of absolutist monarchy. b. contract theory of government. c. refusal to bring God into his political theories. d. Deism. e. outlook on education.
Who was the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain?
A. William Morris B. Alphonse Mucha C. Marcel Duchamp D. Pablo Picasso E. Gustav Klimt