Why did Andrew Jackson's opponents start calling themselves "Whigs"?

a. Because "Whig" refers to honest men, they used the term to criticize Jackson's corruption.
b. Because "Whig" refers to individuals with courage, they used the term to mock Jackson's backing down over the nullification controversy.
c. Because "Whig" refers to Patriots, they used the term to distinguish themselves from Jackson's pro-British policies.
d. Because "Whig" refers to opponents of the king, they used the term to critique "King Andrew" Jackson's growing presidential power.


D

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1. Maria Charles argues that women’s preferences and choices are partly responsible for sex segregation of occupations suggesting that preferences are innate and based on gender. 2. Recent sociological research provides strong evidence that cultural stereotypes about gender shape individuals’ beliefs about their own competencies. 3. Recent research shows that career-related aspirations are more gender-differentiated in developing and transitional societies than in advanced industrial societies. 4. According to Maria Charles, a core value of Western democracies, freedom of choice, seems to help construct and give agency to stereotypically gendered “selves.”

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Which of the following is NOT accurate? In the late nineteenth century, scholarly examination of the Bible called "higher criticism"

a. utilized anthropological and psychological research. b. placed the Bible and early Christianity in a historical context. c. was pursued mainly by Catholic theologians. d. questioned the authenticity of the Bible. e. was in the Enlightenment tradition.

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Which of the following states was not a border state?

(A) Kentucky (B) Maryland (C) Missouri (D) Ohio

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All states with slaves seceded from the union between 1860 and 1861

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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