The idea behind the creation of the Electoral College was
a. to give Congress the power to choose the president.
b. that state legislatures should have a greater role in the federal government.
c. to prevent candidates from campaigning.
d. that common voters should not directly elect the president.
ANSWER: d
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A. He and his followers intimidated employers in San Francisco into refusing to hire people of Chinese descent. B. He was the motivating force behind the massacre of hundreds of Chinese immigrants. C. As a member of the San Francisco city council, he gained passage of a city ordinance prohibiting anyone of Chinese descent from living within the city limits. D. He argued that immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon descent should not be allowed to become naturalized citizens of the United States.
At the state level, which one of the following was NOT a proposal progressives made to achieve "direct democracy"?
A) poll taxes B) women's suffrage C) direct election of senators D) initiative, referendum, and recall
In his 1895 "Atlanta Exposition Address," Booker T. Washington claimed to accept segregation if
A) whites would cease lynching African Americans. B) it did not impede the economic progress of African Americans. C) African Americans segregated themselves by emigrating to other countries. D) African Americans were granted equal educational opportunities. E) obstacles were removed from African Americans' ability to vote.