Thomas Hobbes was the most original political thinker of the seventeenth century because he
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.
b
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During the nullification crisis,
a. Jackson acknowledged the constitutional validity of the theory of nullification. b. Calhoun and Clay drafted a compromise tariff to resolve the crisis. c. the Supreme Court ruled that a state lacks the power to nullify a federal law. d. a majority of southern states supported South Carolina's ordinance of nullification.
In the war between France and other European nations in the 1790s, Federalists
a. claimed that going to war to aid France would help the United States economy b. and Democratic-Republicans agreed that the French Revolution should be stopped c. believed that the United States should use the opportunity to show the world how strong it had become d. claimed the United States had no obligation to aid France because the alliance of 1778 had been with the French monarchy e. protested Washington's issuing of the Neutrality Proclamation
When did the Salem witch trials begin?
A) 1492 B) 1592 C) 1692 D) 1792
Irish immigrants had at least one characteristic they shared with "old" Americans:
A) most were Catholic. B) they were hostile to free blacks. C) they had access to skilled professions. D) they quickly forgot their ethnic origins.