Johnson's political views were nearest those of a tory a whig an anarchist a socialist

The correct answer is A) a Tory.

Johnson's political views were nearest those of a Tory.

When we talk about politics in the United States different terms had served to identify the political ideology of many different politicians that had served office in different moments of time. In this case, a Tory is a person or a politician that could be classified as a conservative to traditionalist for the way it thinks and behaves. It was coined in Britain and expressed some kind of support to the crown. In America, During the American Revolutionary War, the term Tory was associated with a Loyalist, the people that preferred to remain loyal to the British monarchy.

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

( a ) be more interested in objective data and statistics.