Whose 1840 Presidential Campaign Portrayed Him as a Common Man

question 103

Multiple Choice

Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider?

• A) Andrew Jackson.
• B) William Henry Harrison.
• C) Martin Van Buren.
• D) John Quincy Adams.
• E) Henry Clay.

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