After they gained control of both houses of Congress in the 1994 mid-term elections, the Republicans
a. successfully pushed through their Contract with America.
b. overreached when they shut down the federal government in a budget dispute with President Clinton.
c. worked to keep the federal government running despite a confrontation with President Clinton.
d. modified their more radical conservative ideas to take account of political reality.
e. failed to achieve even one of their political goals.
b
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King George III was determined to __________.
a. play an aggressive role in government b. restore Britain to Catholicism c. force the Spanish out of North America d. forge an alliance with France
Who among the following strengthened papal power?
A) Count Berthold B) Raymond of Aguilers C) King Harold D) Gregory the Great
Which statement would a late-nineteenth-century Liberal Republican have agreed with?
A. Excessive government interference in the economy breeds corruption. B. The government must actively direct the economy in an industrialized society. C. Universal suffrage is at the heart of a virtuous republic. D. Reconstruction of the South for freedmen must continue.
What did the civil rights act passed in 1957 signal?
A) the growing strength of the Jim Crow system in the North B) the lackluster support for civil rights reform among the people C) the increasing conservatism of the justices on the Supreme Court D) the declining political influence of the Southern block in Congress