__________ wrote proslavery polemics in the 1850s.

a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Edgar Allan Poe
c. Henry David Thoreau
d. Theodore Parker


b. Edgar Allan Poe

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Anti-Jackson forces, led by __________, formed the Whig party

A) Nicholas Biddle B) Henry Clay C) Daniel Webster D) Martin Van Buren

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The prosperity of the city-state of Ugarit depended on __________

A) agriculture B) trade C) tribute D) war

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During the war years, southern

A) industrialists failed to produce military supplies. B) yeoman farmers suffered an economic decline. C) planters increasingly relied on cash-crop agriculture. D) politicians remained devoted to the concept of states' rights.

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What crucial and powerful argument did Madison make in The Federalist No. 10?

a. It is impossible to safeguard individual rights without a strong central government. b. It is possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory. c. It is inevitable that slavery would ultimately disappear in the new republic. d. It is better to have presidential terms of four years than annual elections. e. It is necessary to have a powerful Senate to advise and control the president.

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