The so-called "cash and carry" legislation was all of the following except
a. a requirement that belligerents pay cash for their arms purchases and carry them away on their own ships.
b. an effort on the part of the Roosevelt administration to help Great Britain.
c. an attempt to bypass earlier neutrality declarations.
d. a way for the United States to strengthen its defenses.
e. a means of broadening arms sales to belligerents.
d
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A) President Adams's new diplomatic delegation to France undermined his peace goals and objectives by demanding French foreign minister Talleyrand pay American diplomats a bribe. B) Americans became outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition for negotiating with American diplomats. C) They were not made in good faith but designed strictly to alleviate political pressure from the Federalists. D) France refused to negotiate about French naval interference with U.S. commercial shipping under any conditions.
Zoroastrianism survived for over a thousand years in the former Persian Empire until it was displaced by the spread of __________
A) Christianity B) Judaism C) Hinduism D) Islam
Under the slave codes of the mainland British colonies, children born to slave mothers and free white fathers were __________
A) born free B) guaranteed the rights to vote and own property as adults C) allowed to purchase their freedom once they reached adulthood D) slaves themselves
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a. Many Mexicans were economically unable to afford the journey. b. California Indians posed a major threat to the migrant trains. c. The uncertainties of frontier life were a deterrent to migration. d. The significant role of the family in Mexico's urban areas kept many from leaving.