The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was secured by
a. southern expansionists.
b. anti-Texas southerners.
c. Henry Clay.
d. eastern business interests.
e. radical abolitionists.
a
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A) quelling revolutions in Latin America B) redrawing the map of eastern and central Europe C) starting the process of decolonization D) distributing relief to European refugees
Labor unions favored immigration restriction because they claimed immigrants shared all of these traits EXCEPT that they were
a. unwilling to work hard. b. used as strikebreakers. c. willing to work for lower wages. d. difficult to unionize. e. non?English speaking.
In the second half of the nineteenth century,
a. a Frenchman built the Suez Canal, but it ultimately came under British control. b. British General Charles Gordon restored Egyptian rule in Sudan with his Sikh-Gurkha army. c. Tunisia came under the total domination of Berber rebels. d. the Turks took control of Tripoli from the Italians. e. France occupied the island of Taiwan.
_________ were gymnasiums founded in the spirit of the German liberation movement that erupted in 1848. A. Tenement houses B. Tuskegee institutes C. Turnvereins D. Kunstvereins
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