Ronald Reagan won the election of 1980 because __________
A) he was more intelligent than Jimmy Carter
B) he advocated for conservative social values
C) Americans felt threatened by political and economic forces they couldn't control
D) Americans had become disenchanted by the many political scandals of the Carter years
Answer: B
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A. a drought and other odd weather patterns that disrupted traditional agriculture B. Huns invading Visigoth territory C. manipulative administrators from the Byzantine Empire D. a population boom
The poet Hesiod and the dramatist Aeschylus both wrote about the
a. genealogy of the gods. b. folly of the Persian Emperor Xerxes. c. perils of hubris. d. daily ordeal of common people trying to survive. e. all of the above
Corpus iuris civilis was Justinian's definitive codification of Roman law.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The results of the 1854 congressional elections were significant because they
A. demonstrated strong support in Northern states for the Kansas-Nebraska Act. B. were the last time the South was assured of a sympathetic majority in Congress. C. marked the first time a sectional party based on a sectional issue had gained substantial power in the political system. D. resulted in such an even division of power between the parties that meaningful action by Congress was virtually impossible.