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- 29. What was the issue upon which President Polk was elected, and
what were the great events of his term of office?
- 30. Follow the course of the Mexican war, giving its causes, prominent
generals, leading events, and results.
- 31. Give an account of the treaty with Mexico.
- 32. Tell about the affairs in California, and the discovery of gold.
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- 33. State how the discussions of the slavery question were reopened by
the admission of California into the Union, and tell of the "Omnibus Bill."
- 34. Give an account of the Arctic expeditions of this period.
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- 35. Give an account of the leading measures of President Pierce's Administration,
and of the general progress of the nation.
- 36. What issues were prominent in the election of 1856?
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- 37. Tell of the civil and political affairs of the first three years of
Buchanan's Administration.
- 38. Give an account of the political campaign of 1860, and the results
of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency.