To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to
a. help freedmen to work in factories.
b. incorporate big businesses.
c. allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes.
d. avoid corporate regulation by the states.
e. protect the civil rights of business people.
Question 2
Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by
a. his commitment to the Franco-American alliance of 1778.
b. the threat of British naval action against the American coast.
c. the national government's dependence on customs collections for revenue and the promotion of international trade with favored partners.
d. his personal commitment to democratic government as a world ideal.
e. his connection to the French foreign minister Citizen Edmond Gent.
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