President Andrew Johnson was impeached and removed from office.
a. true
b. false
Ans: b. false
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Upon assuming his cabinet position, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton took all the following actions to address the nation's financial crisis EXCEPT
A) the creation of a Customs Service to collect the five percent import tax that Congress had already passed. B) the negotiation of a $50,000 loan from the Bank of New York to keep the new government solvent. C) the organization of what would become the U.S. Coast Guard to be sure that imports were not smuggled into the country without being taxed. D) the writing off of most of the $54 million in federal debt that had accrued during the Revolutionary War.
To progressives, the commissions they championed offered a way to __________
a. increase their political power b. reduce the power of reformers c. end the corrupt alliance between business and politics d. provide employment for their supporters e. get regular citizens into political offices
What was new in American resistance to the Townshend duties?
A. non-importation of British goods B. institutionalized mechanisms for enforcing non-importation C. an intercolonial congress D. a formal statement of American constitutional arguments
What labor organization emerged in 1886 with a more practical approach of protecting the interests of trade unions within the framework of the existing industrial system:
A: national labor union B: congress of industrial organizations C: knights of labor D: American federation of labor