Why did cigarette companies in the 1880s decide to start issuing baseball cards featuring high-paid celebrities like Mike "King" Kelly to endorse their products?
A) Kelly's scandalous off-field behavior including his alcoholism made him a public favorite.
B) Kelly's athleticism and refined bearing made him the ideal man to legitimize tobacco use.
C) Kelly thought this type of advertisement would launch his baseball career.
D) Kelly's portrayal on baseball cards would offset ministers' anger for playing on Sundays.
B
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a. Large western migration left more jobs open to new immigrants. b. Many business went bankrupt without access to cheap labor. c. The western frontier moved rebellious individuals westward out of industrializing areas and allowed poor settlers to achieve prosperity. d. Businesses began to move out of the cities and relocate on cheaper land.
An electoral crisis developed in the Election of 1876 as a result of:
A) the death of the Republican nominee. B) widespread voter fraud. C) Democratic refusal to accept a Republican lead in the vote. D) disputed electoral returns from Ohio and New York.
Which of the following cases involved a young woman who had been denied admission to a law school because she was black?
A) Gaines v. Canada B) Sweatt v. Painter C) Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma D) Brown v. Board of Education
What was Cortés' attitude towards the native Aztecs?
A) Grudging respect for their accomplishments and the lack of technology compared to the Spaniards B) Disgust at the ungodly activities the Aztecs engaged in, like flesh eating C) To honor the Holy Roman Emperor in all respects, and thus force the Aztecs to do the same D) None of these E) All of these