Why did the two parties become more partisan and rigid after the 1970s?
-Committee chairs lost power to party leaders in the House and the Senate.
-The declining influence of lobbyists made politics more ideological.
-They continued to debate responsibility for the Watergate scandal.
-The lack of third parties made Republicans and Democrats more hostile.
Committee chairs lost power to party leaders in the House and the Senate.
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a. they labored under the hazards of cave-ins. b. sometimes miners faced explosions and deadly gas fumes. c. life under the mines was dark, cold, wet, and tenuous. d. miners toiled their lives away in "the pits." e. mine owners improved working conditions.
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a. astrolabe. b. telescope. c. chronometer. d. solar timepiece. e. magnetized compass.
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a. 1991. b. 1992. c. 1993. d. 1994. e. 2014, posthumously.