What evidence is there that colonial protest against the British Parliament after 1763 was based on principle? What evidence is there that it was based on the economic self-interest of the colonists?
Which to you seems to be the best explanation of colonial motives? Why?
Principle: colonists appealed to their rights as English subjects under the British constitutional system. They willingly undertook economic boycotts of British trade as a means of resistance, even though that entailed sacrifice and financial deprivation on their part.
Economic self-interest: the Proclamation of 1763 threatened colonial land claims; the Sugar Act threatened profits from the illegal West Indies trade; the Tea Act threatened profits of smugglers of Dutch tea and of colonial middlemen.
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What evidence seemed to support that Nixon’s appeal to the “silent majority” was strong despite the challenges he faced getting the United States out of the Vietnam War?
a. Renewed bombing in the Vietnam War, including bombing of neutral Cambodia, was not seen as controversial. b. The Watergate scandal, while domestically negative, seemed to strengthen Nixon’s grip on foreign policy. c. Polls showed that most Americans blamed the students, not the National Guard, for the deaths at Kent State. d. An “Honor America Day” program in Washington, D.C. attracted more than 1 million people.
Which one of following was NOT a controversial issue facing those who were designing Reconstruction policy?
A) who was in charge of Reconstruction policy B) what civil and political rights freedmen had C) whether the slaves were now free D) how the Confederate states were going to be readmitted
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
a. Cuba would remove its nuclear missiles in exchange for America's promise not to attack Russia. b. America would remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for Russian promises not to aid North Vietnam. c. America would remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for Russia's promise not to invade Cuba. d. Russia would remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for America's promise not to invade North Vietnam. e. Russia would remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for America's promise not to invade Cuba.
The "black power" movement of the 1960s rejected integration and called for celebrating black cultural heritage
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false