All of the following statements about the presidential election of 1968 are true except
a. Eugene McCarthy did not appeal to either black Democrats or white ethnics.
b. George Wallace had a following among ethnic Democrats from Midwestern industrial states.
c. a three-way split sent the election into the House of Representatives.
d. Hubert Humphrey almost closed the gap between him and Richard Nixon in the last weeks of the campaign.
e. Richard Nixon squeaked out a victory.
ANS: C
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a. signed the Helsinki accords. b. granted a complete pardon to all accused in the Watergate scandal. c. appointed Henry Kissinger as vice president. d. lost the Republican nomination for president in 1976. e. sent American troops to prevent the final defeat of South Vietnam.
The Rosetta Stone allowed
a. ancient Egyptian scribes to learn how to write. b. Mesopotamians to understand Egyptian writing. c. Egyptian writing to survive the elements. d. modern people to decipher hieroglyphs. e. Egyptian scribes to get paid.
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A. The rationale behind the ideas expressed in The Communist Manifesto had been disproven. B. The state suppressed political dissent and threatened individuals who espoused Marxism. C. Workers had benefited from the existing industrial system. D. As science became more influential, it helped to show the flaws in Marx's ideology.
Which generalization about parliaments does NOT correspond to historical reality?
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