In the 1848 elections, the new party that emerged as a political force was the
A. Free-Soil Party.
B. Republican Party.
C. Liberty Party.
D. Whig Party.
E. Know-Nothing Party.
Answer: A
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As evidenced by the formation of the Lowell Female Reform Association in 1844, female workers in New England textile mills had changed their methods of resistance to deteriorating working conditions. What new method were they using?
a. They organized a nationwide product boycott. b. They called for the passage of state legislation to shorten the workday. c. They engaged in sabotage against the machines. d. They organized and went on strike.
Mungo Park was forced to end his exploration of the Niger River because
a. he became ill. b. he was attacked by slave traders. c. the expedition ran out of funding. d. the source of the river was in impenetrable forest. e. he determined that the Niger River had no economic value.
The popular postwar philosophy, existentialism
A) was led by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. B) held that engagement, commitment, responsibility, and friendship are all possible and desirable in a world that is absurd. C) split over the relevance of Marxism. D) explored what it meant for humans to be adrift from their cultural guideposts without standards and values. E) All of the above.
The view that Brazilian slavery was milder than slavery in other colonies was largely fostered by the writings of
A) Henry Koster. B) André João Antonil. C) Charles Boxer. D) Gilberto Freyre.