How did the 1960 presidential election signal a changing trend in voter patterns?
A. The Democratic candidate lost many of the states in the Northeast.
B. The Republican candidate picked up a large percentage of the popular vote in the South.
C. The Democratic candidate won a majority of Southern states for the first time since the 1800s.
D. Third-party candidates won a significant amount of the popular vote nationwide.
Answer: B
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A) requiring the owners of revolting slaves to pay the town for property lost during uprisings. B) legalizing the enslavement of any free black with a family member involved in a revolt. C) ordering any newly freed slave to leave the state within one year or risk re-enslavement. D) permanently imprisoning revolters.
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a) Mississippi b) Georgia c) Alabama d) South Carolina