Early in the Jefferson presidency, the secretary of the treasury
a. reduced the army and navy budgets.
b. instituted a revenue-sharing program for the states.
c. called for the imposition of a national sales tax.
d. called for reduced spending on social programs.
a
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As a result of the plagues during the early fourteenth century,
a. the Thames River in England flooded. b. Europeans gave up their earlier explorations of the Atlantic. c. Danish colonies in Iceland were abandoned. d. state building in Eastern Europe ended.
All of the following is true of the Golden Age of Russian culture EXCEPT:
a. It occurred in spite of periods of censorship and repression. b. The Russian intelligentsia drew inspiration largely from Greek and Byzantine traditions. c. Ideas and debates were spread through new literary journals and other new literary forms. d. The inspired Russian intelligentsia arose primarily from the ranks of landed nobility.
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the U.S. government’s abandonment of the policy of one large reservation for Native Americans after 1851?
A) Wagon trains hoped to cross the Great Plains without hindrances. B) Prospectors kept finding more gold and silver all over the West. C) Indians had traditional rivalries and needed to be kept apart. D) A transcontinental railroad was being planned across the land. E) The government wanted to clear the way for settlement.
The Maya calendar interwove a solar year of 365 days and a ritual calendar of ________ days.
A. 100 B. 260 C. 730 D. 1,000 E. 1,243