One effect of the congressional committee's questioning of Anita Hill was
a. the defeat of Clarence Thomas's nomination for the Supreme Court.
b. millions of women were angered by the badgering of U.S. senators.
c. women became so disillusioned that they became politically inactive.
d. an increase among women in the popularity of the Republican Party.
ANS: b
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