The skirmish between British soldiers and Massachusetts minutemen at Lexington in 1775 catalyzed what important meeting?
a. The Second Continental Congress
b. The Constitutional Convention
c. The First Continental Congress
d. The New England Confederation
e. The Washington Convention
Answer: A
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Competitive advantage calls for which of the following?
a. Governments to lower protection and subsidies for trade b. Governments to protect and subsidize key industries and technologies c. Special interest groups to bolster key industries d. Governments to not interfere at all in the free market
Identify an accurate statement about issue ads.
A. Candidates use negative issue ads to focus on flaws in their opponents' positions on various issues. B. Candidates use issue ads to focus on the issues that are consistent in an opponent's campaign speeches and political records. C. Issue ads are much less devastating than personal attacks. D. Issue ads are negative political advertisements that typically attack the character of an opposing candidate. E. Issue ads are completely accurate and always report things as they are.
A poll tax was used to
A) segregate the voting booth into free "whites-only" lines and paid "non-white" lines. B) determine who was intelligent enough to vote. C) make it more difficult for African Americans and poor whites to vote. D) force individuals to purchase property to obtain voting rights. E) raise funds for voter registration among the minority community.