The first large wave of settlers arrived in California in 1848 as a result of ______.

A. ending the war with Mexico
B. the discovery of gold
C. the opening of the transcontinental railroad
D. statehood


Answer: B

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Fill in the blank with correct word

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If no candidate for the presidency receives a majority of the electoral votes cast, the issue is decided by

A) the Supreme Court. B) the Senate choosing one of the two candidates who received the most electoral votes. C) the House of Representatives, voting by state, choosing one of the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. D) the electoral college meeting as a conference committee and arriving at a compromise acceptable to the electors in a majority of the states. E) a special commission appointed by the sitting Speaker of the House.

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Independent, expenditure-only committees that may raise unlimited sums of money to support or oppose political candidates are known as

A) ??super PACs. B) ?six PACs. C) ?political parties. D) ?interest groups.

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Which design is used to overcome the limitations of the reversal design and the multiple baseline design?

A) the ABA design B) the ABAB design C) the Solomon four-group design D) the single-subject, randomized, time-series design

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