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burton19126

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Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
 
  a. free trade was essential to a nation's economic health.
  b. control of the sea was the key to world domination.
  c. the United States should continue its policy of isolationism.
  d. the United States should immediately build an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  e. the construction of a large navy was not necessary for a nation to achieve world domination.

Question 2

Which of the following interest group(s) supported the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828?
 
  a. Western backcountry farmers, shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers who thought the tariff would revive a stagnant American economy
  b. Abolitionists who saw it as the opening wedge for the use of federal power against slavery
  c. Wool and textile manufacturers from New England
  d. Supporters of Henry Clay's American System
  e. Southern plantation owners who wanted to prevent dumping of Egyptian cotton in America



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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