Why is President John Tyler referred to as a president without a party?
a. Tyler refused to affiliate with either the Whig party or the Democratic party and ran as an independentcandidate
b. Tyler's decision to switch officially from the Whig party to the Democratic party caused so much animositythat neither party accepted him.
c. Because the Whig party disbanded soon after Tyler's election, he was left without a party organization andwithout a political platform.
d. Although Tyler ran on the Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison, he was a Democrat at heart andopposed the Whig congressional program.
d
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a. were traditionally barred from the institutions of European intellectual life. b. exercised little influence over courtly patronage systems. c. possessed little interest or aptitude for empirical methods. d. were excluded from participating in artisan culture because of their lack of physical strength.
The Napoleonic Code made French women, in effect, legal __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign-trade policy
a. lowered tariffs to increase trade. b. encouraged trade only with Latin America. c. continued the policy that had persisted since the Civil War. d. was reversed only after World War II. e. sought protection for key U.S. industries through high tariffs with competitive European and Latin American countries.
With the creation of the Duma by Nicholas II, political power in Russia lay with the
a. tsar, nobles, and government bureaucracy. b. Duma and tsar sharing the power. c. Duma upper house consisting of nobles and wealthy landowners. d. growing middle class in the lower house of the Duma. e. tsar alone.