Why Did Presidential Candidate for the American Party Millard Fillmore

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why did presidential candidate for the American Party Millard Fillmore receive so few votes in the election of 1856?

• A) He was tainted by his legacy as a failed former president.
• B) His own party refused to campaign for him.
• C) He was too much of a staunch abolitionist.
• D) The strength of nativist sentiment was waning.

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Socialist Model

An economic and political system where the means of production, distribution, and exchange are owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

Vertical Integration

Company’s avoidance of middlemen by producing its own supplies and providing for distribution of its product.

Union Membership

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Declined

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