In the spirit of the "Young America" movement, William Walker attempted repeatedly to gain control of
A) El Salvador.
B) Cuba.
C) Nicaragua.
D) Mexico.
C
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How did Republican leaders justify their opposition to Alexander Hamilton and his policies?
A. They contended that republics were always characterized by debate engendered by the emergence of competing factions. B. They argued that they wanted to save the republic from Hamilton's plot to subvert republican principles and impose a corrupt government on the United States. C. They contended that because Alexander Hamilton was born in the British West Indies, he was prohibited by the Constitution from serving as secretary of the treasury. D. They argued that they were morally right and were bound to uphold God's law, not the laws put forward by a corrupt and adulterous man.
The United States government interned over 100,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II for all the following reasons except
A) longstanding racial prejudice and economic rivalry. B) some politicians and farmers hoped to be able to take over Japanese-American landholdings. C) after Pearl Harbor, white Californians were worked up into a frenzy about possible Japanese sabotage. D) FBI and military intelligence had uncovered a Japanese-American espionage network in California. E) some patriotic organizations and media outlets called for it.
Early American cities witnessed most Americans ________ to work
A) walking B) riding horses C) riding in wagons D) taking public trains