How did the republicans' view of government differ from the federalists? a the republicans believed in more independence for the people, and the federalists believed the government should have more control. b the federalists believed very strongly in the "spirit of 76," but the republicans thought that way of thinking should not be taken too seriously. c the republicans believed many things in the u. s. constitution were unfair, and the federalists believed in a strict reading of the constitution. d the federalists believed the republicans exerted too much power over the people, and the republicans thought the federalists did not exert enough.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.