Why was the outcome of the 2000 presidential election so controversial?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The 2000 election pitted Al Gore against George W. Bush, with Ralph Nader running as a third party candidate.
2. As election returns came in, it became clear that whoever won Florida would win the election.
3. By the next day, Gore had won the national popular vote by half a million votes, but Bush held a narrow lead in Florida.
4. A number of serious irregularities surfaced in the Florida vote.
5. For weeks after the election, Democrats and Republicans argued over how to recount ballots in contested counties.
6. After thirty-six days of partial vote counting and court battles, in a five-to-four decision, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped any further vote counting, with the most conservative judges voting in support of Bush.
7. In his dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer warned that the ruling would undermine confidence in the judiciary.
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A) goes to heaven B) inhabits a new body C) dies D) goes to a higher plane
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The Buddhist sect that ultimately gained most popular appeal in Japan was
a. Mahayana. b. Tendai. c. Shingon. d. Pure Land.
Among those who gained access to land by way of the Homestead Act and other land distribution programs were
A) ?Mexican Americans. B) ?Indians. C) ?women. D) ?freedmen. E) ?All of these are correct.