After leaving the Republican Party, Theodore Roosevelt ran for a third term as a candidate for what party?
a. the Progressive Party
b. the Labor Party
c. the Conservation Party
Ans: a. the Progressive Party
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All of the following statements about the plan John Dickinson proposed for a new central government are true except which one?
a. It proposed a legislature with each state having one vote. b. It did not give the new Congress the power of taxing. c. It gave congress the power to set the westward limits to states. d. It was immediately accepted by most states.
In the mid-1800s, the reform impulse in the United States included the idea that
A) man is essentially good and capable of positive change B) man is inherently wicked, and nothing can be done to alter his dismal fate C) America has achieved near-perfection and needs only to preserve its virtue D) working-class citizens need to help themselves
All of the following statements are true about electoral politics in the antebellum period EXCEPT
a. The rise in the number of voters fueled greater interest in politics and the rise of third parties. b. The party convention replaced the caucus as a way to nominate candidates. c. What is known as the modern political campaign—slogans, parades, campaign speeches—came into being. d. Newspapers published by political parties were highly partisan. e. Suffrage was still limited by property qualifications in western states.