What principle did the First Congress establish regulating the president's powers of hiring and firing the heads of the federal government's executive departments?

A) as part of his plenary executive powers the president can hire and fire heads of the federal government's executive departments without approval by the Senate
B) the president needs the Senate's approval to hire heads of the federal government's executive departments, but does not need their approval to fire them
C) the president needs Senatorial approval to hire and to fire the heads of the federal government's executive departments
D) the president needs the Senate's approval to fire heads of the federal government's executive departments, but does not need their approval to hire them

One of the consequences of the headright system implemented by the Virginia Company in 1617 was

A) political stability in the Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland
B) economic success for the Virginia Company and its stockholders
C) the introduction of tobacco as a cash crop in the Virginia colony
D) the emergence of large agricultural enterprises in Virginia

In general, upper-class southern women in the antebellum South

A) were encouraged to think independently and to attain even the highest levels of education
B) spent most of their time engaged in leisurely pursuits
C) were expected to be subordinate to the men in their lives
D) were quite active in politics and worldly affairs