The rural towns of Massachusetts that protested in 1786 demanded that the government:
A) grant Congress the powers to add new states to the nation.
B) declare a moratorium on taxes and on lawsuits against debtors.
C) legalize slavery for the coming twenty years.
D) grant all states equal representation in Congress.
E) allow access to markets in the West Indies.
B
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Which of the following typically aligned with the democratic Republican Party’s ideologies?
MULTIPLE ANSWERS A) members were typically southern plantation owners, farmers, and people in rural areas B) typically sided with France in foreign conflicts C) a strict construction constitution D) favored strong federal government and weaker state governments
New Era economic policies reduced all of the following except
a. corporate taxes. b. taxes on high-level incomes. c. the tariff. d. government expenditures. e. none of these choices.
In the 1832 Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice Marshall declared:
a. the states had the right to pressure Native Americans into selling their lands b. the federal government could resettle Native Americans if they provided fair compensation c. Indian tribes were domestic independent nations and entitled to federal protection against the states d. U.S. law could not recognize Indian tribes, only individual Native Americans
The Allied invasion of Sicily and movement onto the Italian mainland led to the collapse of the Mussolini government.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)