As president, John Adams tried to expand federal power by: A. shutting down all banks other than the Bank of the United States.
B. supporting laws that punished people for criticizing the
government.
C. starting wars to demonstrate the power of the U. S. military.
D. preventing state governments from passing any new laws.

States' compliance with the native american reservation treaties drawn up by the federal government for the native american nations is:

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.

True or false president andrew johnson granted pardons to thousands of southerners.