The two major parties kept the focus on the 1848 presidential election campaign on
a. the personalities of Senator Cass and General Taylor.
b. addressing the slavery issue through popular sovereignty.
c. further expansion into Cuba and Central America.
d. Indian removal and homesteading.
e. the poor state of the economy and protective tariffs.
a
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Which of the following best summarizes Aristotle's fears the deterioration of forms of government?
a. monarchy to anarchy, aristocracy to tyranny, and constitutional government to oligarchy. b. monarchy to oligarchy, aristocracy to anarchy, and constitutional government to tyranny. c. monarchy to tyranny, aristocracy to oligarchy, and constitutional government to anarchy. d. aristocracy to democracy, oligarchy to anarchy, and constitutional government to tyranny. e. tyranny to oligarchy to monarchy.
Gandhi rejected the popular ideas of political struggle for power through violence, and instead embraced "unusual" political ideas including nonviolence and
a. terrorist plans to bomb civilian locations. b. democratic reforms through legislation and lobbying. c. the search for the truth. d. the vote for women. e. guerilla tactics.
Which of the following had the most homogenous population in the mid-eighteenth century?
A) the Deep South B) the Chesapeake colonies C) New England D) the Mid-Atlantic colonies
The elites of Heian Japan saw themselves as part of a(n) ____________.
a. Samurai class that would eradicate Chinese influence from the islands. b. Embattled class whose position was being challenged by an aggressive merchant class. c. Competent and deeply entrenched bureaucracy serving a centralized monarchy. d. Cosmopolitan world, held together by Confucian and Buddhist principles.