All of the following describe President James K. Polk except that he:
a. worked hard to master details of government
b. was big and strong
c. had an aggressive, strong-willed spirit like his hero Jackson
d. was not too smart
B
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Martin Luther King, Jr., hoped that his use of nonviolence would help convince __________ of the justness of his cause.
a. middle-class white Americans b. poor African Americans c. southern political officials d. international leaders
Why was Henry Wallace critical of the United States' increased militarization?
A) He believed it was a distraction from addressing poverty and racism. B) He was a pacifist who believed the country was too aggressive. C) He was a veteran who experienced the horrors of war first-hand. D) He believed that the end of World War II required all countries to decrease their militaries.
By the mid-1880s, cattle raising in the American West
A) remained highly successful using open-range techniques. B) had precluded settlement of the area by farmers. C) faced numerous problems from both man and nature. D) proved highly profitable for the legendary cowboys.
In his book Imminent Dangers to the Free Institutions of the United States, __________ charged that Catholics were a threat to American democracy
A) Franklin Pierce B) Martin Van Buren C) Samuel F. B. Morse D) Henry Ward Beecher