The Free Soil Party: Question 24 options: 1) demonstrated that antislavery sentiment had spread far beyond abolitionist ranks. 2) cost Henry Clay the presidency by siphoning off votes from him in New York. 3) was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection. 4) strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise. 5) nominated Zachary Taylor for president.

c) legal battles last five weeks after the election due to the narrow victory in several states.

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.

1. explain aspects of the democratic process as it was developed in ancient athens

2. trace the roots of the americans political process to ancient athens

3. explain the relationship of citizens to the political process