President George Washington's response to the war in Europe in 1793 was to
A) send covert assistance to both Britain and France.
B) offer economic aid to Great Britain.
C) offer military assistance to France.
D) issue a proclamation of neutrality.
D
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America's greatest contribution to the history of philosophy was with
a. Puritanism. b. Enlightenment rationalism. c. naturalism. d. pragmatism. e. socialism.
"We surely cannot deny to any nation the right whereon our own government is founded, that every nation may govern itself according to whatever form it pleases." — Thomas Jefferson, letter to Gouverneur Morris, 1792 In this quote Jefferson indicates that the United States should help France because
a. America needed to protect its land. b. otherwise Britain would become a world superpower. c. we owed France for helping us. d. France owned a large part of the United States.
How did the Hartford Convention lead to the downfall of the Federalists?
A) The Hartford Federalists sent their resolutions to Washington just after the victorious Battle of New Orleans, making them look unpatriotic and selfish. B) The Federalists who met in Hartford passed unreasonable resolutions that the rest of the country would never agree to, making Federalists look foolish. C) The Republicans who met in Hartford passed resolutions that greatly weakened their Federalist opponents. D) The Hartford Republicans passed resolutions that led to peaceful trade negotiations with Europe, making the War Hawk Federalists look bad. E) Only northern Federalists attended the convention; southern Federalists disagreed with the Hartford resolutions, fracturing and weakening the party.
During the late nineteenth century, the growth of large corporations was helped by
A. All these answers are correct. B. both sales of company stock to the public and "limited liability" laws. C. "limited liability" laws. D. sales of company stock to the public. E. the realization that great ventures could not be financed by any single person.