How is the presidential election of 2000 similar to the presidential elections of 1824 and 1876?
(a) The electoral vote count ended in a tie.
(b) The third-party candidate won several electoral votes.
(c) The winner of the popular vote did not become president.
(d) The United States Senate selected the winner.
Answer: (c) The winner of the popular vote did not become president.
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What was the primary difference between southern and northern areas in the 1920s?
A. The south did not experience the same level of urbanization that occurred in the north. B. The south remained dominated by Republican politics even as modernist thought became popular. C. The south embraced new ideas in religion and social and political reform on a greater scale than the north. D. The south did not have strong anti-union sentiments as flourished in the corporate communities of the north.
The first African American elected to the Senate from Mississippi was:
A) Hiram Revels. B) Blanche K. Bruce. C) Benjamin Turner. D) Richard H. Cain.
In this Federalist political cartoon, how is Thomas Jefferson represented?
A) as someone who hates the French B) as a traitor to American interests C) as a pious and moralistic leader D) as an intellectual E) as a heroic figure
In "The Letter of Prester John," whose body do they make pilgrimages to visit?
A) ?King David B) ?Oriole the Monk C) ?John the Baptist D) ?St. Joseph E) ?Daniel the Prophet