One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that
a. the South had shifted to the Republican party.
b. Democrats made political gains in the normally rock-ribbed Republican western states like Kansas.
c. despite the calamity of the Great Depression, the popular and the electoral vote for president was surprisingly close.
d. a clear gender gap opened up in which more women favored the Democrats.
e. African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.
e
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What was the main reason for the overall failure of the 1848 revolts?
A) the use of the military to crush the revolts B) the disapproval of church authorities C) the lack of concern by many people living in the countryside D) national antagonisms E) the split between liberal leaders and urban workers
Characterize Napoleon's relationship with Russia. Why was Russia a potential ally, and why did Napoleon invade that country?
What will be an ideal response?
The European practice of passing the entire wealth of a family to all surviving sons and daughters in equal shares is called primogeniture.
a. true b. false
Which of the following best describes the end of European colonial empires? The end of European colonial empires came
a. mainly from the desire of the subject populations to be free. b. when the European states had exhausted themselves in two World Wars and were unable to hold onto their empires. c. when European colonial powers realized that their principle of national self-determination and basic human rights applied to others as well as Europeans. d. when communist movements throughout the world expelled European imperialists. e. when the United Nations pressured imperial powers to grant their colonies independence.