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meagbuch

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What happened in the 1980 presidential election?
 
  A) Reagan won by a razor-thin margin, but the Republicans lost seats in both the House and the Senate.
  B) Carter lost, but he held such traditional New Deal Democratic voters as blue-collar workers and white southerners.
  C) Reagan won in a landslide by capturing all western and northeastern states, although the solid South remained firmly Democratic.
  D) Reagan won about 51 percent of the popular vote, and Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 1955.
  E) Carter won by a slim margin over Gerald Ford, but the Democrats regained control of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about Ronald Reagan is not true?
 
  A) He had been a paid spokesman for a major American corporation.
  B) He had been a sports announcer in Des Moines.
  C) He had been an enthusiastic conservative Republican since the 1930s.
  D) As governor of California, he popularized conservative ideas.
  E) He gained political experience as president of the Screen Writers' Guild.



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lin77x

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C




meagbuch

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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