Jimmy Carter's success in the election of 1976 resulted in large part because
a. Ford refused to choose a running mate who appealed to the Republican right.
b. Carter's considerable service in Washington assured voters of an experienced administrator.
c. Ford's acerbic personality had generated an atmosphere of bitterness and acrimony in Washington.
d. the country was still angry over Ford's pardon of Nixon.
e. Carter seemed to possess honesty, piety, and an outsider's skepticism of the federal government.
Answer: e. Carter seemed to possess honesty, piety, and an outsider's skepticism of the federal government.
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Which best describes how the colony of New York was settled?
a. New York was originally settled by the Duke of York and subsequently became Dutch. b. New York was originally settled by the Dutch and then taken by force by the English. c. New York was settled exclusively by the Dutch without African Americans or any other group. d. New York was settled originally by African Americans who were later pushed out by the English. e. New York was settled originally by the French who were later pushed out by the Dutch.
In the late nineteenth century, regarding western agriculture,
A. commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so. B. farmers increasingly owned the land on which they worked. C. the prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s. D. American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production. E. the reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public.
The tyrants often relied on support from which class?
A. the hoplite small farmers B. non-citizens and slaves living in the polis C. wealthy families with a grudge against the existing ruler D. merchants and tradespeople
The most vocal source of anticolonial sentiment in Asia and Africa in the late nineteenth century was
a. the urban poor. b. landowning elites. c. rank and file soldiers. d. the rural poor. e. the urban middle class.