In their first year in office, the Bush administration
A. passed the largest tax cut in American history.
B. worked hard to build coalitions across party lines.
C. liberalized scientific restrictions on stem-cell research.
D. reduced federal budget deficits considerably.
E. primarily relied on Republican moderates for support.
Answer: A
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a. the Confucian establishment used the myth to retain power for itself. b. the peasants believed that Maitreya would rescue them from plagues. c. the peasants believed that Maitreya would give his followers power over their oppressors. d. Maitreya was the new god of the Ming dynasty.
The attempt to nominate an antiwar Democratic candidate for president in 1968 suffered a crippling blow when
a. Senator Eugene McCarthy withdrew from the race before the Democratic convention. b. Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning the California primary. c. pro-war vice president Hubert Humphrey won the Oregon and California primaries. d. militant leftist demonstrators at the Chicago convention caused a backlash in favor of Humphrey. e. public opinion turned back in favor of the war after the Tet offensive.
In the Archaic period, the Greeks soon established dominance of trade in the Mediterranean by seizing control from the
a. Persians. b. Phoenicians. c. Romans. d. Scythians. e. Israelites.
Muslim travelers throughout the former Abbasid region could expect all the following experiences EXCEPT
a. finding a mosque with ease. b. quickly locating a site to perform the hajj. c. being received as guests by other Muslims. d. encountering a legal system based on Islamic principles. e. discovering that the Arabic language is spoken.