The founding of which party was the first significant effort to create a broadly based sectional party addressing itself to voters’ concerns about the extension of slavery?

A) Free-Soil Party
B) Whig Party
C) Republican Party
D) Democratic Party
E) Know-Nothing Party


Answer: A

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A) He attended meetings of and openly supported the group. B) He paid newspaper editors to criticize Du Bois. C) He secretly paid money to support the group. D) Although he did not support the group, he did little to harm it.

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What happened as a result of the growth of the eighteenth-century colonial economy?

a. The population grew even faster and per capita income declined. b. Enforcement of the Navigation Acts sowed the seeds of a lingering bitterness against Britain. c. The colonies developed a strong industrial base. d. British consumers stimulated production of American sugar and tobacco. e. American exports increasingly found new markets in Asia and Africa.

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Analyze the difficulties faced by Charles V in ruling his combined territories. What were the major issues that led to his downfall in 1555?

What will be an ideal response?

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According to the video in the introduction, the Republicans became the governing party after the election of __________

A) Aaron Burr B) John Adams C) Thomas Jefferson D) Alexander Hamilton

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