During the presidential election of 1980,
A) George H. W. Bush barely defeated Jimmy Carter in a hotly contested election.
B) Ronald Reagan won a landslide victory over Jimmy Carter.
C) Jimmy Carter won reelection in a very close race to Ronald Reagan.
D) Ted Kennedy defeated Jimmy Carter in the primary but then went on to lose to Ronald Reagan.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
What made Americans abandon endorsements of neutrality in 1939?
A. the end of the Great Depression B. the formation of the Tripartite Pact C. the profitability of supporting only one side D. sympathy for the victims of Nazi aggression
The U.S. and the Soviet Union came closest to outright war during _________
A. the Berlin blockade B. the Cuban missile crisis C. Tehran conference D. the invasion of Iraq
Why did the middle class have the strongest effect on production in the early 1900s?
A) In general, laborers responsible for production came from the middle class. B) As the middle class grew in size and prosperity, it demanded more products, increasing production. C) As the working class grew in size, it decreased in prosperity, making the middle class the most powerful group in society. D) In the early 1900s, the lower and upper classes virtually disappeared; only a consuming middle class remained, increasing demand for production. E) As the middle class grew, its need for jobs also grew, so production had to increase to stave off unemployment.
The electoral college was created to __________
A) keep the president subordinate to Congress B) insulate the presidential election from excessive popular influence C) prevent George Washington from being elected president D) choose Madison's Council of Revision