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Question 1

The author of The Influence of Sea Power upon History believed the United States
 
  A. should go to war with England to destroy its navy.
 
  B. All these answers are correct.
 
  C. should take possession of the Hawaiian Islands.
 
  D. had too cumbersome a navy and should streamline it by decommissioning capital ships.
 
  E. should both take possession of the Hawaiian Islands and go to war with England to destroy its navy.

Question 2

American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from
 
  A. new federal crop subsidies.
 
  B. foreign crop failures.
 
  C. a new silver agreement with Great Britain and France.
 
  D. free trade agreements negotiated by William McKinley.
 
  E. new discoveries of silver.

Question 3

In 1896, the major economic issue for William McKinley's administration was
 
  A. the repeal of the Specie Resumption Act.
 
  B. the need for higher tariff rates.
 
  C. the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.
 
  D. labor unrest.
 
  E. the restoration of bimetallism.



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