What was one reason that "dark horse" James K. Polk won the presidency in 1844?
A) ?? Polk came out strongly against a protective tariff.
B) ?? The Whig party appeared to be the party of immigration and alcohol.
C) ?? Polk convinced many northerners that the annexation of Texas would be in their best interest.
D) ?? He received an overwhelming popular vote.
E) ?? His running mate was a leading temperance crusader.
C
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Which advance was made in the nineteenth century as a result of women's rights activism?
A) the extension of voting rights to all women over 25 B) the passage of property laws more favorable to women C) the passage of legislation barring discrimination in employment on the basis of gender D) the creation of a federal agency to handle issues of particular concern to women
The life story of John F. Flintoff demonstrates which of the following?
A. Southerners from the mountains generally held antislavery views. B. Evangelical Christianity caused a significant number of white southerners to question the morality of slavery. C. The availability of land and capital in the 1840s made it easy for most nonslaveowning southern farmers to become slaveowners. D. Yeomen farmers generally aspired to become slaveowners.
Which of the following highlights the irony of the Nobel Peace Prize?
A) It excludes people from the former colonies of Europe. B) It has been awarded to more military than civilian leaders. C) It is administered in a country that has waged the most wars. D) It is funded in part by profits made from the sale of armaments.