Which 1844 presidential candidate ran on a platform calling for the simultaneous annexation of Texas and Oregon?
A) Henry Clay
B) James K. Polk
C) Martin Van Buren
D) John Tyler
E) James G. Birney
Answer: B
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A) William Graham Sumner. B) Booker T. Washington. C) Herbert Spencer. D) John Fiske.
All of the following were English colonies in the eighteenth century except
a. India. c. the Bahamas. b. Newfoundland. d. Angola.
What was the relationship of merchants to Islamic society?
a. They held a high position in society. b. Merchants were forced to use the barter system of the Bedouins. c. As profiteers, they paid a higher rate of taxes. d. They were required to support poor houses for the needy. e. They could never hold the position of caliph.
The deciding factor that led to the independence of Haiti was
a. the overpowering military force of the military. b. division in the slave ranks. c. tropical diseases, which decimated the French army. d. the capture and death of Toussaint L'Ouverture. e. the ability of Toussaint L'Ouverture to communicate with slaves and French landowners.