Explanation:
Former President John Quincy Adams, who had been elected to the House of Representatives in 1836, led opposition to the gag rule. He denied that he was an abolitionist; rather, he argued that the gag rule violated the constitutional right to petition--a right which extended even to slaves.
The KKK attack African-Americans because they were white supremacists.
The Whigs were the party that found its only presidential success by nominating a popular military hero without known political coloration.
Nobody chooses the rulers. If its through a system of heredity, when the rulers die their children take over.
