With which of the following were the people known as "forty-niners" associated?
a. the California gold rush
b. the American landing at Veracruz
c. the controversy over California's application for statehood
d. the settlement of Oregon and establishment of its northern border
Ans: a. the California gold rush
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a. the culture of the area. b. the individual decisions of each province's qadi. c. Islamic law. d. the interpretation of the ruling caliph. e. the ulama.
Which of the following events did NOT occur during the presidential election of 1848?
A) Disaffected anti-southern Democrats started the Free Soil Party. B) Former president Martin Van Buren led the Free Soil Party. C) Slave owner Zachary Taylor won under the Whig banner. D) Northern Whigs disliked Zachary Taylor and joined the Free Soil Party. E) Southern Democrats called for "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men."
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A) free trade B) reduction of armaments C) self-determination of nations D) the dissolution of the German empire E) a league of nations
Thomas Cook was associated with the __________.
A) temperance movement B) abolitionist movement C) Combination Acts D) Calico Acts