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Question 1

Which of the following led to a year-long investigation by the House of Representatives during the Civil War?
 
  a. It was learned that leading peace Democrats in the Senate gave top secret information to the Confederacy.
  b. The press revealed that the secretary of state had ignored Confederate overtures for peace negotiations.
  c. There were stories of war profiteering by contractors who sold inferior merchandise to the government atinflated prices.
 d. It was learned that the secretary of war received kickbacks from government contractors.

Question 2

Which seems NOT to have been true in the early twentieth century?
 
  a. As the West enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and representative government, it began to doubt its values.
  b. As the West dominated the world, it began to seriously question its assumptions about knowledge and the universe.
  c. The sense of doubt and frustration was most clearly articulated by average citizens.
  d. The fascination with the irrational contributed to dramatically irrational events such as World War I.
  e. A spiritual crisis would shatter Europe's social and political order.



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