Identify the factors that encouraged the formation of the Continental Congress.
What will be an ideal response?
The Continental Congress emerged in response to several issues: anger over the British government's passage of laws that, in the eyes of opponents such as Samuel Adams, fundamentally infringed on colonial liberties; sympathy for Massachusetts, which after the "Boston Massacre" and the Tea Party chafed under martial law; and finally, a realization of the growing shared consciousness of the colonials and their understanding of the need for collective action.
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The __________ was the 1942 document advocating for a range of social programs including unemployment and health insurance
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Registration laws in most states seem designed to
a. depress election turnout rates. b. increase election turnout rates. c. have no effect on election turnout rates. d. hide election turnout rates. e. prevent fraudulent voting.
Why are state conventions and platforms of little importance to what nominees say and do?
a. Candidates for public office are nominated in primaries rather than in conventions. b. Candidates raise their own campaign funds independently of the party. c. Candidates need to gather support from the large number of voters, not the small number of party activists. d. Party organizations in the United States are generally quite weak. e. All of these reasons apply.
“I am doing this because I campaigned on this issue, I promised the voters I would do it, and, now that I am President, I am going to do it.” The chief executive that uttered this statement is appealing to what kind of authority?
a. Charismatic b. Representative c. Legal d. Traditional