Walt Whitman was
A. a poet who described the U.S. as "not merely a nation but a teeming nation of nations."
B. a major proponent in Congress for capping the flow of migrants into the United States.
C. a pivotal figure in Reconstruction.
D. the leader of the Northwest Rebellion.
E. an early railroad baron.
Answer: A
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