The election of 1856 saw
A. former president Millard Fillmore in the running.
B. no significant third party in the field.
C. the Republicans run against the idea of internal improvements.
D. the Whig Party make a strong comeback.
E. the Democrats elect a young and forceful pro-slavery leader.
A
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A. censor B. centurion C. praetor D. tribune
Most social scientists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries __________.
A. reinforced traditional gender roles B. supported wider sexual freedom for women C. embraced some but not all feminist ideas about gender roles D. began to take a more liberal view of marriage, family, and childrearing
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The first Democrat to officially challenge Lyndon Johnson for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination was Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)