Barack Obama's election as president in 2008 is significant because he
a. drew his primary support from groups that were marginalized decades earlier.
b. relied on the Internet to get elected.
c. had one of the smallest campaign budgets of any modern candidate.
d. chose a female running mate.
e. won the Electoral College, but not the popular vote.
a
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The increasing association of cities with ______________________ only further distanced them from the countryside
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Romanticism
a. involved the extreme desire for wealth. b. declared that there is no salvation outside the one true universal Church. c. involved being born again by the Holy Spirit. d. emphasized emotion and imagination over rationality.
What was the difference between friars and monks?
a. Friars took vows of silence. b. Friars lived according to monastic rules in the world. c. Women could be friars. d. Friars did not have to know Latin. e. Friars relied on noble patronage.
Felix Hall of Montgomery, Alabama, was notable for being
a. the first African American to receive a commission in the Marine Corps. b. the only black American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. c. one of several black soldiers lynched by whites without respect for their uniforms. d. the author of several inflammatory anti-war tracts.