Read this quote from the political platform of the Know-Nothing Party. Then answer the question.

Americans must rule America, and to this end native-born citizens should be selected for all State, Federal, and municipal offices of government employment, in preference to all others.

Political Platform of the Know-Nothing Party,
1857

What does the writer mean by the phrase “Americans must rule America”?

a. Only citizens born in the United States should serve in government.
b. Immigrants should be welcomed and invited to serve in government.
c. All American citizens should have an equal chance to serve in office.

A

Explanation:

"Americans must rule America" implies that any immigrants that are not born in the United States should not serve in the government.

Additionally, the phrase is immediately followed up by "native-born citizens should be selected for all State, Federal, and municipal offices of government employment, in preference to all others," which elaborates on how we might enforce that.

Knowing this, non-"Americans" are clearly not welcome by the "Know-Nothing Party", so it's not B or C.

While C is more correct than B, not all citizens are native-born. So, the "Know-Nothing Party" does not believe that all citizens should have an equal chance.

Since it's not B or C, it must be A.

                the united states presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 5, 1912. the election was a rare four-way contest.

                incumbent president william howard taft was renominated by the republican party with the support of its conservative wing. after former president theodore roosevelt failed to receive the republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the progressive party (nicknamed the "bull moose party"). it nominated roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. democrat woodrow wilson was finally nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, to the support of william jennings bryan, the three-time democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912. eugene v. debs, running for a fourth time, was the nominee of the socialist party of america.

                wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the electoral college and winning 42% of the popular vote, while roosevelt won 27%, taft 23% and debs 6%. wilson became the only elected president from the democratic party between 1892 and 1932, and the second of only two democrats to be elected president between 1860 and 1932. this was the last election in which a candidate who was not a republican or democrat came second in either the popular vote or the electoral college, and the first election in which all 48 states of the contiguous united states participated.

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