Which of the following does not summarize the significance of Barack Obama's election as president in 2008?
A) He won a resounding victory, with 53 percent of the popular vote and a solid electoral-college majority.
B) He was America's first African American president.
C) He was elected with majorities in both houses of Congress.
D) His campaign focused on the future and ignored the mistakes of the previous administration.
E) He had wide support from voters who were under age twenty-four.
D
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A) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper B) Victoria Woodhull C) Carrie Nation D) Frances Willard
Charles Wilson Peale's portrait of Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming breaks with the tradition of painting separate portraits of husbands and wives to reflect the concept of __________
A) companionate marriage B) political equality between men and women C) patriarchal authority D) the supremacy of fatherhood
By the 1850s, the literacy rate of white Americans was about
a. 25 percent. b. 40 percent. c. 80 percent. d. 95 percent.
Because of the warm climate and fertile land, settlers in Virginia had a longer life expectancy than settlers in New England.
a. true b. false