The Nomination of James K

question 25

Multiple Choice

The nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats' 1844 presidential candidate was engineered by

• A) Democratic expansionists.
• B) anti-Texas southerners.
• C) Henry Clay.
• D) eastern business interests.
• E) proslavery forces.

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Astragalus

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