Which of the following contributed to Grover Cleveland's narrow victory in the 1884 presidential election?
A. He promised to increase the pensions of Union army veterans.
B. A New York Protestant minister's attempt to slur the Democrats angered the state's Irish Catholics.
C. It was revealed during the campaign that major railroad companies had made hefty contributions to the Republican campaign.
D. Republican candidate James G. Blaine was unable to campaign during the last two weeks of the campaign because of a bout of influenza.
Answer: B
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a. After 1688, the English Parliament controlled state finances. b. The interests of the nobility and the urban merchants converged. c. The ruling classes of the cities and the landed aristocracy were not generally perceived as being in conflict. d. Parliament had no interest in creating or maintaining a centralized bank, believing that it would exert too powerful an influence on laissez faire economics.
How did Greek science develop out of the cultural transitions in the Hellenistic Era differently than those scientific ideals established in the Classical Age?
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a. The United States, France, and Russia b. France, Belgium, and Britain c. Britain, Russia, and the United States d. The United States, Britain and France e. Britain, France, and Russia
What is one notable characteristic of French colonies that appears to have impacted race relations in those colonies?
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