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(B) Interstate Commerce Commission
(C) Federal Reserve Board
(D) Department of the Interior
(E) Department of Commerce
69. Thomas Jefferson theorized that democracy
would function best in a society dominated by
(A) merchants and shippers
(B) aristocratic plantation owners
(C) small, independent farmers
(D) unskilled, urban laborers
(E) professionalized government workers
70. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy declared
a naval quarantine of Cuba in order to
(A) prevent the Soviet Union from placing
offensive missiles in Cuba
(B) ensure that a highly infectious disease did
not spread beyond the island
(C) stem the flood of Cubans illegally enter-
ing the United States
(D) punish Cuba economically for withdraw-
ing from the Organization of American
States
(E) incite a revolution to overthrow the gov-
ernment of Fidel Castro
71. The Chisolm Trail was used by
(A) fur trappers to cross the Appalachian
Mountains
(B) cowboys to drive cattle to a rail head in
Kansas
(C) prospectors to reach the gold fields of
California
(D) settlers to move covered wagons to the
West
(E) manufacturers to ship finished goods to
the Southwest
72. During the Civil War, the Confederate Army
won an important battle at
(A) Little Bighorn
(B) Gettysburg
(C) Vicksburg
(D) Bull Run
(E) Belleau Wood
73. The United States acquired the land to build
the Panama Canal by virtue of
(A) a Panamanian revolt against Colombia
that was supported by the United States
Navy
(B) United States military intervention
to resolve a border dispute between
Colombia and Panama