From the Point of View of the Whig Party in 1848

question 52

Multiple Choice

From the point of view of the Whig party in 1848, why was Zachary Taylor an ideal candidate for president?

• A) He was a Louisiana slaveholder and would therefore appeal to the South.
• B) He would have broad national appeal because he was a Mexican-American War hero.
• C) He had no connection to Clay's American System, which the party was trying to abandon.
• D) All of these choices
• E) None of these choices

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

Refers to a type of distribution where the data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, with most observations clustering around the central peak and the probabilities for values further from the mean tapering off equally in both directions.

Mean

The mean of a collection of numbers, determined by dividing their total sum by the count of the numbers.

Standard Deviation

A gauge for the level of dispersion or spread within a set of data points, indicating the magnitude of deviation from the mean.

Standard Normal Distribution

A specific type of normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, used in many areas of statistical analysis.