At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise resolved the issue of
(a) representation
(b) taxation
(c) slavery
(d) control of trade
Answer: (a) representation
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A) Americans wanted to revive Asian immigration to this country at the expense of European immigration. B) Americans wanted to limit the number of immigrants coming from Latin America. C) Americans feared and distrusted German immigrants who came to the United States after World War I. D) Americans were afraid that immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe would spread communism and anarchy.
Which of the following cultural traditions is most concerned with the imperfection and impermanence of human life?
a. Buddhism b. Hinduism c. Confucianism d. Daoism
Unlike Stalinism, Maoism was predicated primarily on
a. Heavy industry b. Central state planning c. Powerful bureaucracy d. Mass popular mobilization e. Managerial control
Under the English constitution during the eighteenth century,
A. all seats in American colonial assemblies were appointed. B. each member of Parliament represented a particular geographic area. C. the empire was made up of a federation of commonwealths. D. large areas of England had no direct political representation. E. only American colonists were denied direct representation in Parliament.