A False Statement That Appears in Letter, Newspaper, Magazine, Book

question 61

Short Answer

A false statement that appears in letter, newspaper, magazine, book, photograph, movie or video is called ________.

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Definitions:

Popular Sovereignty

A principle in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.

Compromise of 1850

A series of laws passed in an attempt to settle the political differences between free and slave states, including the Fugitive Slave Act.

American Party

A political party in the United States, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, that was primarily anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic in the mid-19th century.

Know-Nothings

A nativist political movement in the mid-19th century America, officially known as the American Party, which was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant.