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cookcarl

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A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was the
 
  a. need to justify substantially decreased expenditures including the reduction of the navy.
  b. desire for more farmland.
  c. construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
  d. closing of the frontier.
  e. need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production.

Question 2

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in
 
  a. a superior class of intelligent, competent federal job holders than under previous presidential administrations.
  b. the replacement of insecurity by security in employment.
  c. the destruction of the personalized political machine.
  d. the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs.
  e. the same public policies as those taken by John Quincy Adams.



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tennis14576

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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

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cookcarl

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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