To what extent did foreign relations shape politics in the early republic?
What will be an ideal response?
Most students will see the split engendered by the French Revolution and the influence of Citizen Genêt. They should also grasp the role of the Jay Treaty as dividing American politics even further. Better students will connect these differences to already existing economic and philosophical differences. It is no accident that merchants who were already connected to the British Empire were anxious to distance themselves from the French, while planters seeking to expand their sales on the European continent embraced the French.
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How did the role of government change during the Progressive Era?
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The Emergency Banking Act and Economy Act were originally proposed by Herbert Hoover
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which action showed the President Andrew Johnson did not support greater rights for African Americans in the South?
a. he allowed many high-ranking Confederates to vote without swearing allegiance to the United States b. he vetoed the Freedmen's Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 c. he fired the Secretary of War Edwin Stanton d. he supported a Reconstruction plan similar to President Lincoln's plan
The feminist book which had the same impact on women in the United States as did Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex in Europe was
a. The Silent Spring. b. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. c. Masculine Inferiority. d. The Feminine Mystique. e. Self Help for Women.