Who questioned President Polk's right to declare war by introducing a resolution to Congress requesting that the president specify the precise spot where blood had first been shed?
a. Daniel Webster
b. John C. Calhoun
c. Stephen Douglas
d. Abraham Lincoln
e. Charles Sumner
Answer: d. Abraham Lincoln
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A. showed that an impulse could travel in both directions, equally fast, within a single neuron B. showed that neurons worked just like wires in an electrical system-impulses traveled just as fast as electrons C. showed that sensory nerves were twice as fast as motor nerves D. led eventually to the development of reaction time as an important research method
The author of The End of History is________
A) Saskia Sassen B) Jean-Paul Sartre C) Francis Fukuyama D) Jiang Zemin
France came to America's aid in the Revolution because
a. French officials supported the cause of democracy. b. it hoped to gain access to the American fur trade. c. it perceived that succesfully assisting the American cause could lead to achieving their ultimate goal of breaking up the British Empire. d. it could use America to test new military tactics. e. its new alliance with Britain would be a surprise to both militaries.
__________ was the last governor of California during the Mexican period
a. José Figueroa b. José Castro c. Juan Bandini d. Pío Pico