Answer the following about Bowery Boys leader Isaiah Rynders, for 10 points each.
[10m] Rynders’s boys helped this Democrat narrowly win New York in a presidential election. This president established an Independent Treasury and signed the 1846 Walker Tariff into law.
ANSWER: James K. Polk [or James Knox Polk]
[10e] Rynders rallied men to vote for Polk and this modern-day state. Santa Anna’s forces ended a notorious siege in this state on March 6, 1836.
ANSWER: Texas [or TX]
[10h] Rynders was awarded a cushy job in this institution, which, by 1853, collected two-thirds of all revenue raised by the US government through tariffs. Chester A. Arthur was kicked out of supervising this New York institution by President Hayes.
ANSWER: United States Custom House [or New York Customs House]
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