How did the Republican Party manage to gain so much support in the 1850s?
A) It was sympathetic toward immigrants.
B) It supported agricultural expansion.
C) It wanted to prohibit slavery in the territories.
D) It supported the Catholic Church.
E) It supported progressive labor laws.
Answer: C
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A) allied himself with the Universal Negro Improvement Association. B) declared his support for the Communist party. C) placed his faith in locally based institutions within black communities rather than a single national organization. D) actually embraced the Jim Crow system in the South.
The cahiers de doléances refer to
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Which man was widely considered to be the dominant figure of the Enlightenment?
A) John Locke B) Voltaire C) Baron Montesquieu D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
As a result of Jackson's Specie Circular of 1836,
A) Martin Van Buren was elected president of the United States. B) investors panicked in a rush to convert assets into cash. C) the bank immediately closed. D) a wave of reckless investments created an inflationary spiral. E) the government accepted bank notes in payment for public lands.