According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, which of these officers follows the Vice President
a. Speaker of the House
b. secretary of state
c. president pro tempore of the Senate
d. secretary of the treasury
Ans: a. Speaker of the House
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a. the Internet. b. ezines (online news magazines). c. satellite radio. d. cable television. e. weblogs.
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A) state legislatures. B) the Supreme Court. C) popular election. D) the electoral college. E) Congress.
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in colonies where they were vulnerable to tropical diseases, one could compare: a. the number of European settlers in India and Haiti. b. the number of European settlers in Canada and Haiti. c. European settlers as a percentage of the total population in colonies that were very similar except for presence or absence of deadly tropical diseases. d. European settlers as a percentage of the total population in colonies that had different kinds of tropical diseases.