The presidential campaign in 1800
A. was notable for the sensational personal slandering of both candidates.
B. saw the Republicans win a decisive victory over the Federalists.
C. saw leading Federalists in Congress attempt to engineer the election of Aaron Burr.
D. was further complicated by the emergence of a third party, the Whigs.
E. was decided by a newly elected Republican Congress.
Answer: A
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a. ayllu. b. altepetl. c. kormire'. d. matrilinear village. e. mit'a.
In practice the "freedom of contract" principle meant that
a. employers increased workers' wages as the cost of living increased.
b. employers could set pay as low as workers would accept.
c. wages automatically increased as profits increased.
d. employers recognized the right of workers to bargain collectively.
Compare and contrast the influences of the American Revolution and the Second Great Awakening on the "ferment of reform" in the early nineteenth century
In what ways were their influences reinforcing? How did they differ? Which do you think was the most important influence? Why?
Manifest Destiny was the doctrine that
A) God intended the United States to extend westward to the Pacific. B) Indians that refused to assimilate should be exterminated. C) the United States was and should be a Christian nation. D) Americans had a duty to leave the comforts of the East to tame the West. E) the United States should become the most powerful nation in the Americas.