President Obama was the target of a number of significant personal attacks in the media, including the accusation that his election was illegitimate because __________
A) his supporters committed fraud to rig the election
B) he had been a member of the American Communist Party as a young man
C) his birth certificate supposedly identified him as born in Kenya rather than in the United States
D) no electoral college vote had actually taken place
Answer: C
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Four days of draft riots in ________ in 1863 were among the bloodiest riots in all of American history.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The fundamental task for Americans at home was to __________
A) absorb new waves of immigrants from Europe and Latin America B) prepare for wars in Asia and Africa C) to provide work for refugees from Europe D) convert from a wartime society back to a peacetime one
During the eighth century, the Muslim world
A) was torn apart by repeated dynastic overthrows. B) was in retreat from Christian attacks. C) reached its peak of peace and political continuity. D) was more divided by religious than political conflict. E) was much more stable than Christian Europe.
Most whites in the antebellum South
A) regarded slaveholding as a path to upward economic mobility. B) avoided the social stigma of slaveholding. C) held fewer than 10 slaves by 1860. D) resented the political influence of white slaveholders.