Correct answer: A. President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
Explanation:
Initially, President Thomas Jefferson had commissioned James Monroe and Robert Livingston to negotiate a deal with France to acquire New Orleans or all or part of Florida, as a means of avoiding the potential of an armed conflict in such areas. Monroe and Livingston were authorized to spend up to $10 million. What they found out was that Napoleon was already set to sell a much wider range of territory to the United States, to finance his European wars. Napoleon was asking $22 million for the whole territory that became the Louisiana Purchase. The US team negotiated the price down to $15 million. The deal with France was made in 1803.
Then, however, there was a constitutional crisis back home. Did the President have the authority under the constitution to make such a major addition to the nation's territory and spend the nation's funds to do so? Ultimately, Jefferson was convinced by his Cabinet members and sent the measure to Congress for approval. In a statement he made at the time, Jefferson justified the purchase with this analogy: "“It is the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; and saying to him when of age, I did this for your good."
Colonists were happy with the relationships they maintained with Britain as the colonies were free to mostly legislate themselves. Victory and pride after the French and Indian War helped fuel this positive attitude as well. It wasn't until the Stamp Act was passed that colonists began to see Britain negatively and even then opinion was still split.
Answer:
According to the text The Organization Man written by William H. Whyte, Jr., the conflict between American individualism and life in the organization is that individualism preaches that man should be responsible for his achievements, but life in the organization causes the individual to depend on other individuals to achieve some achievement.
Explanation:
William H. Whyte, Jr. describes life in the organization as a group of middle-class individuals who have a stable life that depends on the joint work of several people and that this joint work allows this economic and social stabilization. However, this set of individuals must be maintained, since the success of one depends on the work of the other. This goes entirely against American individualism, which encouraged each individual to pursue their own rise, whether social or economic, or even academic. This generates a conflict in the values of society that can generate contradictory concepts that show that you must be responsible for your success, however, you can see people who have a good life and are not the only ones responsible for their success.
