The example of New York's Boss Tweed illustrated
a. the typical lack of ethics of the Gilded Age, which also pervaded government in the form of bribery, graft, and fraudulent elections.
b. the concern of urban political bosses with representing the best political and economic interests of their urban constitutients.
c. the high value on honesty and ethics put on governing during this age.
d. the inability of the press and the legal establishment to take down a notoriously venal political figure after a lifetime of managing a politically corrupt machine.
e. the effectiveness of the federal government in ferreting out urban political corruption at an early stage in its development.
a
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The ability of the Confederation Congress to function was limited by the stipulation that
A) all war powers belonged to the executive branch. B) any proposed law required unanimous approval. C) each state's delegation could cast but one vote. D) it could not pass resolutions nor seek state support.
The 1956 Suez crisis __________
A) weakened U.S. relations with Egypt B) weakened Soviet relations with Egypt C) weakened Egypt’s relations with other African countries D) strengthened U.S. relations with Egypt
Egypt's resurgence in the 1800s inspired Arabs __________.
A) to rely more than ever on Ottoman protection. B) toward self-rule and Arab nationalism. C) to reject Islam in favor of Christianity. D) to turn inward and reject Western influence.