Question 1
What political positions did the newly formed Liberty Party take in the election of 1844?
A) It favored the annexation of Texas as a free state.
B) It called for an immediate war with Mexico to capture Texas.
C) It opposed both slavery and Texas annexation.
D) It supported the continuation of slavery in an annexed Texas.
Question 2
__________ led to direct conflict between New England settlers and the Pequot Indians.
A) Pequot involvement with rival French fur traders
B) English expansion into the Connecticut Valley
C) The introduction of fatal diseases
D) English alliances with rival tribes
Question 3
How did Theodore Roosevelt and his successor William Howard Taft differ in their dealings with trusts?
A) Roosevelt believed all trusts were bad, while Taft believed that only some of them needed
to be controlled.
B) Roosevelt took the side of laborers, while Taft sided with industrial employers.
C) Roosevelt believed in good and bad trusts, while Taft believed all trusts needed to be
broken up.
D) Roosevelt used federal troops to support trusts' interests during strikes, while Taft sent in
troops to support workers' interests.