Passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883 indicated __________
A) a bipartisan effort to lower the tariff
B) Congress's desire to control big business
C) that both parties recognized a need to professionalize government service
D) voters wanted to curb the power of political parties
Answer: C
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A) with great suspicion B) by refusing to meet with the Soviet leader C) by embracing the Soviet Union's new positions D) after Gorbachev was removed from office
After making Clinton a center issue in the 1998 election, congressional Republicans
a. gained ten seats. b. lost ten seats. c. gained five seats. d. lost five seats. e. gained fifteen seats.
The Balfour Declaration divided up former Ottoman empire territories among the nations of the Middle East
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To invoke the pure gospel, German peasants invoked all of the following demands except ______________.
A. lowered rent payments B. abolition of serfdom C. greater access to common lands D. religious freedom of choice E. All of these.