Match the Person or Term with the with the Correct

question 60

Multiple Choice

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Tejanos

• A)issued by antislavery congressmen
• B)suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba
• C)returned runaway slaves to their master
• D)America's mission to settle the West
• E)Texas borderland
• F)sudden increase in California's population
• G)voided the Missouri Compromise
• H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
• I)expedition to Central America
• J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
• K)anti-immigrant political group
• L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

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Definitions:

Weak Analogy

An argument based on insufficient parallels between two or more entities, which may lead to faulty conclusions.

Circular Argument

A logical fallacy in which the conclusion is supported by premises that assume the truth of the conclusion instead of providing evidence for it.

Hedonic Adaptation

The observed process of people returning to a set level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes.

Natural Selection

A mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, shaping the genetics of populations.