As governor, Robert LaFollette successfully passed all of the following reforms EXCEPT
a. the nation's first state income tax.
b. workers' compensation.
c. women's suffrage at the state level.
d. popular voting in primaries.
ANS: c
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A) religious and racial bigot B) godless supporter of the French Revolution C) friend of bankers and speculators D) enemy of democracy
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A) the Creek Indians were removed from their ancestral homeland. B) the Oregon Territory was opened to settlement by Americans. C) the Americans and British became unified in their stance against Spanish America. D) a lasting peace was established between the United States and Canada. E) the Mississippi River was opened to British shipping interests.