"Fifty-four forty or fight" referred to demands for American control of:
a. Texas.
b. Oregon.
c. California.
d. Mexico.
e. Kansas and Nebraska.
Answer: b. Oregon.
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A) Working with one's hands received less academic prestige than did intellectual work. B) Cutting into a human cadaver was a desecration of the immortal soul's earthly temple. C) Philosophers required no knowledge of the natural world in order to find truth. D) The exercise only confirmed what Galen had already discovered in ancient times. E) Andreas Vesalius had already made anatomical drawings available for medical students.
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A) sent troops to restore the former government. B) refused to recognize the new state. C) welcomed the creation of a new democratic country. D) signed a peace treaty with the new state.
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a. Hateful. b. Circular. c. Triangular. d. Devil's.