What political technique did the Anti-Masons pioneer that was adopted by mainstream parties?
A) selecting a presidential candidate at a national nominating convention
B) mailing campaign literature to the homes of citizens
C) establishing a nationwide network to keep party members on message
D) using presidential primaries as testing grounds for presidential candidates
E) attacking the character of rival candidates for office
A
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Chicago solved the problem of unsafe trains running in congested streets by building:
A) the first subway system. B) an elevated train system. C) pedestrian-only city plazas. D) elaborate fences and crossing gates around train tracks.
By the 1830s, in the northern states
a. many free blacks were openly questioning their subordinate position in society. b. radical Whig evangelicals questioned racism. c. official segregation by race was illegal. d. Quakers were the strongest critics of racial segregation. e. black children were not allowed to attend school.
Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
A. break from their traditional culture. B. resist external social pressures to assimilate. C. lose faith in the United States due to the hardships they experienced. D. hold on to their old ethnic habits. E. return to the Old World for good.
At the Yalta Conference in February 1945,
A. the peace treaty ending World War II was signed. B. the Soviet Union reminded the world of its commitment to communism. C. the United Nations was created. D. Truman issued his Truman Doctrine. E. leaders of the U.S., Soviet Union, and Britain affirmed their desire to maintain the cooperative relationship they began during World War II.