The election of 1848 was a warning that:
A) political parties no longer represented a national political community.
B) Democratic attacks on slavery threatened to fragment the Union.
C) the South was becoming a Whig-only region.
D) the nation outweighed section in most voters' minds.
Answer: A
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A) Bohemia B) Hungary C) Poland D) Lithuania
Why did Thomas Jefferson compare the Missouri Compromise to "a fire bell in the night"?
A) He believed that the issue of slavery in the United States had finally been resolved. B) He was encompassed by a burning rage toward the pro-slavery movement in America. C) He feared that slavery threatened the future of the nation. D) He thought that Congress placed too much emphasis on slavery when it should address more pending issues.
How do historians explain the reasons for Indian arrival at the missions and their conversion?
a. Many California natives came to the missions out of curiosity and converted without fully understanding the implications of their actions. b. Soldiers sometimes seized Indians and brought them to the missions where they came under the authority of the padres. c. Environmental factors played a role in attracting Indians to the missions, and conversion became a method to ensure survival. d. All of the above partly explain why Indians came to the missions and converted to Christianity.
Union advantages at the beginning of the war included all of the following except
A) ?A large white population B) ?A network of railroads and canals C) ?Solid industrial capacity D) ?Ships and naval experience E) ?Its large geographical size