What Basic Belief Did Hamilton's Domestic Program Reflect

question 27

Multiple Choice

What basic belief did Hamilton's domestic program reflect?

• A) The survival of the federal government depended on the republican virtues of the common people.
• B) The federal government and national economy had to be strengthened.
• C) America's best opportunity for economic survival lay in its traditional source of strength, agriculture.
• D) The nation would be economically strong if it forged close trading ties with both Britain and France.
• E) The states needed to reassert power over the national government, because individual self-sacrifice and virtue were most effective on the local level.

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