The Whig Party´s candidate in 1848, Zachary Taylor, was uncommitted on the issue of slavery´s extension, but the fact that he was a _____ suggested he might be biased
a. successful industrialist from New England
b. former slave trader
c. notorious land speculator
d. wealthy owner of a Louisiana sugar plantation with many slaves
e. known abolitionist
d
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The Republican senator who led the fight against the Treaty of Versailles was __________
A) Charles Evans Hughes B) Elihu Root C) Henry Cabot Lodge D) Warren G. Harding
The largest labor organization in the 19th century was:
A) the National Labor Union. B) the American Federation of Labor. C) the Knights of Labor. D) the International Workers of the World.
All of these island countries became possessions of the United States in 1898?1899 EXCEPT
a. Puerto Rico. b. Guam. c. the Philippine Islands. d. the Virgin Islands. e. Hawaii.
Which of the following most accurately describes the Columbian Exchange?
A. the trade route to Asia that was found by European maritime explorers B. the maritime system of tracking the Atlantic's winds and currents C. the economic system between Spain and its American colonies D. the transfer of living organisms across the Atlantic in both directions