The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor __________
A) only destroyed a few ships and planes
B) was not a surprise to FDR
C) destroyed most of the U.S. Pacific fleet
D) destroyed all of the U.S. aircraft carriers
C
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Why did the Federalists create a tremendous number of new judicial appointments in 1801?
a. Having lost control of the presidency and Congress, they wanted to ensure that they could control the judiciary. b. It was part of a compromise deal whereby they would split the appointments with Republicans. c. Most Americans recognized that a growing nation needed additional judges. d. It was a way of getting rid of a number of corrupt judges.
Hamilton's proposal concerning the assumption of state debts became law as a result of which of the following?
A. A political deal was struck by which the site for the nation's capital was to be on the Potomac River. B. Having served under President Washington's command during the Revolutionary War, several opponents of the plan switched their votes out of a sense of duty. C. President Washington met privately with Madison and Jefferson, and convinced them that their opposition to the proposal was divisive. D. A joint Senate-House subcommittee agreed that those states that had paid their debts would be taxed at a lower rate than those whose debts were being assumed.
What conditions did state convention delegates from Massachusetts and Virginia place on their ratification of the Constitution?
A) the passage of a Bill of Rights that would protect people's liberties B) limiting the president to two elected four-year terms C) passage of a national law that would lead to the gradual extinction of slavery in the United States D) an amendment making the Supreme Court the constitutional arbiter of state and federal laws
In ten months at Verdun, 700,000 men lost their lives for only a few miles of terrain.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)