What action committed by President Gerald Ford most harmed his presidency and probably led to his defeat in the 1976 presidential election?
A) giving Richard Nixon a full pardon after the Watergate scandal
B) supporting a military dictatorship in Chile
C) accepting the east-west balance in Europe by signing the Helsinki Accords
D) accepting large donations from businessmen for his campaign in return for favors
A
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One reason for the persistence of slavery in the South was that __________
A) a child born of a slave was legally a slave B) the international slave trade grew rapidly after 1808 C) free blacks were seized and enslaved D) Indian slaves replaced black slaves after 1808
Lincoln used the Emancipation Proclamation to __________
A) convince blacks to support the war B) infuriate Southerners C) bolster northern morale D) abolish slavery
Why do the mass media have a limited ability to shape public opinion?
a. Most people disagree with the mass media b. Most people already have strong opinions c. Few people closely fpollow political events d. Few people vote, so their opinions don't matter
______ analyzes how linguistic and nonlinguistic cultural “signs” form systems of meanings, as when giving someone a rose is interpreted as a sign of love or getting an A on a college paper is a sign of mastery of the rules of the specific assignment.
A. Semiotics B. Cultural studies C. Globalization D. Ethnography