Author Question: As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not exercise the arbitrary power wielded by ... (Read 89 times)

jjjetplane · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because

a. of the South's emphasis on states' rights.
b. there was such strong agreement on policy in the South.
c. he did not believe in strong executive action.
d. Confederate General Robert E. Lee's insistence on keeping his army out of politics.
e. the Confederate Constitution gave him all the power he needed.

Question 2

The Proclamation of 1763

a. was warmly received by American land speculators.
b. removed the Spanish and Indian menace from the colonial frontier.
c. declared war on Chief Pontiac and his fierce warriors.
d. prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
e. opened Canada to American settlement.