The Pendleton Act required appointees to public office to
a. take a competitive examination.
b. present a written recommendation from a congressman or senator.
c. agree to make financial contributions to their political party.
d. pledge independence from either major political party.
e. have a college degree.
a
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin became famous partly because it:
a. glorified the slave system and thus pleased the planter class b. increased sectional animosities by attacking the slave system c. caused many northerners and southerners to oppose slavery d. was widely denounced by abolitionists
Which of the following was the primary goal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was formed in 1957?
A) To challenge the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 B) To root out communism from the United States C) To unite Christians across the globe D) To spread the Christian gospel all around the world E) To challenge Jim Crow laws in a direct way
Identify the elaborate statement of socialist principles written by Karl Marx.
A. The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations B. The Scientific Socialist C. The Second Treatise of Government D. The Communist Manifesto
Count Sergei Witte __________.
A. worked to industrialize Russia B. was part of the landed aristocracy of Russia that opposed industrialization C. was unpopular with the tsar D. was an early Bolshevik