Which of the following is true of the multi-candidate presidential race of 1824?
a. Although John Quincy Adams was second in the electoral vote, he was elected because he led in popularvotes
b. John Quincy Adams had a majority of electoral votes and became president, but his major opponent, AndrewJackson, became vice president.
c. Because no candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the Speaker of the House, Henry Clay,assumed the presidency.
d. Although Andrew Jackson led in both popular and electoral votes, he was not elected.
d
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A major reason for the reduction in the number of slave owners in the South prior to the Civil War was __________.
A. the rapidly increasing price of slaves B. an increasing mortality rate C. a rapid decline in slave birthrates D. the abolition of slave markets in the United States
The Settlement of 1867 succeeded in
a. pacifying the Czechs. b. reuniting the Sudeten Germans with Prussia. c. removing the Hapsburgs from control of Hungary. d. giving Hungary complete control over its internal affairs. e. putting Hungary under the complete control of Austria.
Who conquered Egypt in the seventh century B.C.E.?
a. Babylon b. Hyksos c. Nubia d. Assyria e. Libya
Identify some of the strategies that the working classes of the latter nineteenth century used to try to improve their economic conditions.
What will be an ideal response?