Analyze the reasons for and the results of transformations in American political parties during the 1850s
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Economic prosperity and standardization of political procedures diminished party differences, and loyalty, by the 1850s. The Whig party disintegrated because of its inability to cope with the slavery issue. The Democrats, led by Stephen Douglas, hoped to please everyone with such measures as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and ended by pleasing no one. The short-lived Know-Nothings represented a cyclical nativist reaction. The Republicans opposed expansion of slavery to the new territories and steadily won influence in the North.
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Why did some native societies resist adopting agriculture?
What will be an ideal response?
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A. Portugal became the dominant power in the Americas B. The native peoples were now independent once more C. England could now begin colonizing America D. Catholicism ended in the Americas for the time being E. Europe's wool market collapsed.