In the presidential election of 1824,
A. John Quincy Adams won re-election to a second term.
B. the House of Representatives chose the president, because no candidate received a majority of the popular vote.
C. the Whigs defeated the Democrats.
D. Andrew Jackson was chosen by the House of Representatives.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
The Amnesty Act of 1872 __________
A) forgave men who resisted the draft during the Civil War B) allowed former Confederates to resume active roles in politics C) forgave the debts of former slaveholders D) forgave the debts of the states of the former Confederacy
Describe the debate in the North over the involvement of African Americans in the Civil War, and assess the significance of their participation in the war.
What will be an ideal response?
Slave codes in Barbados were based on those that were in practice in seventeenth-century England
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The brutal suppression of slave uprisings in the British West Indies led many British citizens to pressure their government to end both the slave trade and slavery.
a. true b. false