The Republican Party's first candidate in a presidential election was

A) Stephen A. Douglas.
B) Abraham Lincoln.
C) William H. Seward.
D) Millard Fillmore.
E) John C. Fremont.


Answer: E) John C. Fremont.

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a. general public. b. Senate. c. Electoral College. d. House of Representatives. e. state legislatures.

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Which of the following is true of the Columbus legend?

a. He was the first European to set foot on American soil. b. He was the only voyager who believed the earth was round. c. He developed a genius for navigation. d. He was the first person ever to reach the Americas.

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Who was called the “Wizard of Menlo Park”?

a)  Thomas Alva Edison b)  Sir Joseph William Swan c)  R. H. Macy d)  John Wanamaker

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Slavery of blacks in the British colonies was

A) unique, since no other colonial nation had ever enslaved blacks. B) simply copied from the institution of slavery already existing in England. C) restricted to the southern colonies. D) firmly established by laws in Virginia and Maryland at least as early as 1660.

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