What tactic, eventually ruled illegal by the courts, did President Nixon use to battle Democratic programs that he opposed?
A. executive privilege
B. line-item veto
C. nullification
D. impoundment
Answer: D
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Why were there violent clashes between cattle ranchers and farmers during the late 19th century?
A) Farmers were using barbed wire to keep roving livestock out of their crops and ranchers wanted them to roam freely. B) Ranchers tended to be African American or Mexican-American, while farmers tended to be Irish or German immigrants. C) Farmers paid high land taxes, while cattle ranchers paid only a small sales tax on each steer sold at market. D) Ranchers wanted to fence off the lands to keep their cattle from roaming too far from home, which conflicted with the need for farmers to expand their land in order to be profitable. E) In general, farmers had been soldiers in the Union army, while cattle ranchers had served in the Confederate army, so they were fighting a continuation of the War Between the States.
How did John Marshall influence the United States?
A) He created the first commercial steam ship, proving that people and freight can move by steam power. B) He brokered the Adams-Onís Treaty, granting the U.S. the fertile land of Florida. C) He influenced the future of the institution of slavery in the U.S. by convincing congress to pass the Missouri Compromise. D) He influenced the future of the U.S. and Latin America through his Supreme Court rulings like the Monroe Doctrine. E) He influenced the future of the U.S. economy through his Supreme Court rulings.
Moses Mendelssohn brought Jewish philosophy into the Enlightenment with his ideas that
a. Judaism should be stripped of miracles and supernatural references to reflect the natural world. b. all religion was fraudulent. c. Jews should embrace their unique beliefs as the foundation of monotheism. d. Yiddish should be the universal vernacular language of the Hebrew people. e. None of these.
The __________ led and coordinated the boycott effort in Montgomery, Alabama
A) NAACP B) MIA C) SCLC D) WPC