Answer: John Quincy Adams
Explanation:
John Quincy Adams was elected president in 1824, even though he didn't win the popular vote or the electoral vote.
Correct answer: A. President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
Explanation:
Initially, President Thomas Jefferson had commissioned James Monroe and Robert Livingston to negotiate a deal with France to acquire New Orleans or all or part of Florida, as a means of avoiding the potential of an armed conflict in such areas. Monroe and Livingston were authorized to spend up to $10 million. What they found out was that Napoleon was already set to sell a much wider range of territory to the United States, to finance his European wars. Napoleon was asking $22 million for the whole territory that became the Louisiana Purchase. The US team negotiated the price down to $15 million. The deal with France was made in 1803.
Then, however, there was a constitutional crisis back home. Did the President have the authority under the constitution to make such a major addition to the nation's territory and spend the nation's funds to do so? Ultimately, Jefferson was convinced by his Cabinet members and sent the measure to Congress for approval. In a statement he made at the time, Jefferson justified the purchase with this analogy: "“It is the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; and saying to him when of age, I did this for your good."
...Charged very high prices to move farm products to market
The farmers felt the railroads had monopoly power over them. The farmers essentially had no choice but to send their crops to market on trains. There was not much, if any, competition on most short-line tracks that went through farm areas. Therefore, most farmers had to simply accept whatever price railroads charged to transport crops. Farmers felt the railroads could gouge them by charging high prices and that they, the farmers, had no recourse when this happened. They blamed much of their trouble on this monopoly power.
Former slaves went north in hopes of finding job opportunities
Answer:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton advanced the strongest statement for the rights of women.
Explanation:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The 1848 Seneca Falls Woman's Rights assembly was considered the origin of the women's rights campaign in the United States.
The spring formally commenced in 1848 at the Seneca Falls meeting when 300 men and women gathered to the conviction of equality for women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton composed the Seneca Falls announcement describing the new movement's philosophy and political approaches. convention