Why did Hoover have greater appeal than Smith in the election of 1928?
a. As a Catholic and big-city politician, Hoover appealed to the immigrant population that was larger than the "nativist" population.
b. As a Protestant and someone who stood for traditional American values, Hoover appealed to a larger majority of Americans.
c. Hoover was a self-made man who embodied the American belief in freedom of opportunity and upward mobility.
d. Hoover had fought in the First World War, but Smith had not.
e. Prior to the presidential race of 1928, Smith had never been involved in politics.
B
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a. It affirmed that human rights and freedoms were universal without regard to race. b. It carefully avoided the question of race so as not to offend its most powerful charter members. c. It noted the regrettable continuance of racial discrimination, and expressed the hope that it would gradually disappear. d. It contended that the question of racial discrimination, though serious, must take second place to considerations of national sovereignty.
Aztec cosmology
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The New Right that came to the fore in the 1980s is most closely associated with
a. multiculturalism. b. fundamentalist Christianity. c. secular humanism. d. feminism.
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