The Free-Soil Party emerged during the Mexican-American War and was committed to
A) blocking the admission of Texas to the Union.
B) westward expansion.
C) maintaining agrarian society.
D) protesting the war against Mexico.
E) keeping slavery from spreading.
E
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Although Italy surrendered to the Allies in 1943, fighting continued on the peninsula until May 1945
A) True B) False
American farms increased their output after the Civil War in part because
a. American birthrates increased, creating a larger labor force. b. emancipation meant former slaves could earn more money by working harder. c. new machines increased the amount of land an individual farmer could till. d. population shifted from cities to the countryside, creating more farm workers.
The religious problems of Philip II involved all the following EXCEPT
a. the Spanish moriscos. b. conflict with the papacy. c. Dutch Calvinists. d. English actions against the Spanish. e. the expulsion of all remaining Iberian Muslims.
As secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon:
a. increased taxes on the wealthy. b. began taxing lower income workers for the first time. c. secured substantial tax breaks for the affluent. d. believed tax breaks for low-income workers would stimulate economic growth.