Which of the following groups received the greatest rewards from industrialization?
a. white, native-born females
b. foreign-born males
c. African American males
d. white, native-born males
e. skilled workers in all categories
D
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The Supreme Court decisions in Gibbons v. Ogden and Dartmouth College v. Woodward __________
A) asserted the broad power of the federal government over interstate commerce B) questioned the constitutionality of federal law limits to the expansion of slavery C) strengthened the power of state governments in commercial matters D) denied the states the right to tax branches of the Second Bank of the United States
The founding principle of Jain doctrine is the belief that all things possess jiva, a kind of______ that yearns to be free from the prison of the material world.
a. aura b. love c. soul d. being
Which of the following is not a true statement about the Navigation Acts?
a. One purpose of the Navigation Acts was to ensure that raw materials were shipped only to England. b. A second purpose of the Navigation Acts was to punish English sailors who jumped ship. c. Under the Navigation Acts, all colonial exports and imports had to be shipped through England. d. Initial colonial opposition to the Navigation Acts was light, because the acts were not rigidly enforced. e. One purpose of the Navigation Acts was to cut out other nations from profitable trade with the colonies.
The most decisive campaign election issue in 1840 that led to the election of Whig Party nominee William Henry Harrison as president was
A) President Van Buren's ideological unwillingness and inability to take decisive federal government actions to alleviate the severe economic downturn in the country. B) the status of Harrison as an Indian wars military hero at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. C) the vice presidential nomination of John Tyler of Virginia who brought regional and age balance to the Whig Party ticket. D) his enthusiastic support of proposals to annex Texas, Oregon, and California into the United States.