The "Gag Rule" was designed to eliminate the voice of which group in Congress?
a. Proslavery advocates
b. Abolitionists
c. Suffragettes
d. Slaves
b. Abolitionists
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A. Sergei Eisenstein B. Sergei Prokoviev C. Leo Tolstoy D. Dimitri Shostakovich
Nixon and his advisors believed that the "silent majority" believed in all of the following values except which one?
a) sophistication b) tradition c) patriotism d) honesty and hard work
Richard Nixon's ____ required contractors and construction unions to employ more African Americans
a. Philadelphia Plan b. affirmative action program c. southern strategy d. welfare-to-work initiative e. Pandora Plan
How did the growth of the newspaper business affect politics?
A) The papers intensified partisanship by printing attack stories. B) The papers urged readers to get out and vote. C) The papers eased partisan tension by publishing multiple viewpoints. D) The papers provided a valuable record of speeches and debates between candidates. E) The papers tended to have Federalist sympathies and popularized their viewpoint.