Before becoming president, William Howard Taft's greatest strength was as a(n)
a. administrator.
b. coalition-builder.
c. political organizer.
d. orator.
ANS: a
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A) poor Irish immigrants B) Union recruiting officers C) African Americans D) wealthy draft-dodgers
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A) Geraldine Ferraro B) Patricia Schroeder C) Dianne Feinstein D) Sandra Day O'Connor
Roman law and religion acted together to
a. make homosexuality a capital crime. b. deny that there was any distinction between homosexual and heterosexual eroticism. c. discourage homosexual relations between married men. d. convey homosexuality as superior to heterosexuality. e. define the circumstances in which homosexuality was allowed.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).