The era of informal polling techniques came to an end and was replaced by more scientifically based systems
a. that relied on the records of automobile registrations and telephone directories to determine the proper demographic samples of Americans who polled about their views on political affairs.
b. after a popular news magazine in 1936 mistakenly predicted Alf Landon the winner in the presidential election over FDR.
c. when television began to play an increasingly important role in forecasting elections.
d. when advertisers decided that polling was useless for the purposes of marketing.
e. after a popular new magazine in 1940 mistakenly predicted that Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie over FDR.
b
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What will be an ideal response?
As a result of the Missouri Compromise, which two states were admitted into the Union?
A) Missouri and Maine B) Missouri and Massachusetts C) Arkansas and Kansas D) Rhode Island and Kentucky