How did New Deal programs respond to the needs of African Americans?
A) Legislation focused more on civil rights than on relief.
B) African Americans were prioritized in hiring for public works projects.
C) Their needs were virtually ignored.
D) African Americans received more aid than before, though often less than whites.
E) Southern Democrats effectively blocked all of FDR's efforts to provide aid.
D
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The Articles of Confederation __________
a. gave too much power to the central government b. provided for state representation by population c. jealously guarded state sovereignty at the expense of national power d. created a powerful presidency e. changed little from first draft to final document
The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed that
A) the United States would pursue a policy of strict isolationism. B) the United States would be an active presence in democratic revolutions across the globe. C) the United States would regard intervention in the affairs of Spanish America as a threat to itself. D) the United States would be a friend to all European nations. E) the United States would no longer have an interest in pursuing hostilities against Canada.
Hamilton defended the Bank of the United States on the grounds that it was justified under Congress':
A) implied powers. B) emergency powers. C) unstate powers. D) inherent powers.
The immediate cause(s) of the depression of 1837 was/were
a. a presidential order by President Jackson requiring federal lands be paid for in specie b. the removal of foreign money from United States banks c. the withdrawal of federal funds from state banks d. all of these choices e. the easy credit policies for European banks