Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he
a. had been a strong supporter of William Seward.
b. had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories.
c. had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward.
d. had more political experience than his opponents.
e. None of these choices are correct.
c
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A) ?communist revolutionaries. B) ?Christian missionaries and foreigners. C) ?immigration quotas that kept the Chinese out of the United States. D) oppression on the part of the Chinese government.? E) ?None of these are correct.
The development of the railroads in the Industrial Revolution was important in
A) increasing British supremacy in civil and mechanical engineering. B) increasing the size of markets and the price of goods. C) bringing about the demise of joint-stock companies. D) defeating Napoleon. E) making London a great port city.
The 1858 treaty between the Tokugawa government and foreign nations
a. opened up unlimited trade with the West. b. created an exchange of official ambassadors. c. gave extraterritoriality rights to the West. d. resulted in the daimyo's overthrow of the Meiji dynasty. e. established foreign military bases in Japan.
How did jazz differ from ragtime?
A) It was mostly improvised. B) It included European elements. C) It emerged first in the Northeast. D) It incorporated African elements.