Question 1
Southerners such as third-party presidential candidate Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party in 1948 because of their __________.
A) growing allegiance to the Republicans
B) contention that the party had abandoned organized labor
C) belief that the Soviet threat was not a serious concern
D) opposition to President Truman's civil rights reforms
Question 2
The 1707 Act of Union created the United Kingdom of Great Britain under which England was united with __________.
A) its colonies in North America
B) Scotland
C) Ireland
D) its possessions in the Caribbean
Question 3
How is Zachary Taylor, whose head is being examined by a phrenologist, portrayed as a candidate for the presidency in this cartoon, The Candidate of Many Parties?
A) as void of thought or intelligence
B) as enlightened and influenced by science
C) as mysterious and unknowable
D) as opinionated and reactionary
Question 4
What ushered in a more cautious era of labor organizing after 1955?
A) company owners being able to maintain control over management decisions after settlement
of the 1946 strikes
B) the requirement of union officers to sign affidavits certifying they were not members of the
Communist Party
C) the abolishment of the closed shop that required all workers to be in a union
D) the merger of the Congress of Industrial Organizations with the American Federation of
Labor
Question 5
After the Glorious Revolution, Whigs supported __________.
A) the monarchy
B) merchants and manufacturers
C) Roman Catholics in positions of political power
D) Parliamentary power
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In the reaction C(s) + O2(g) CO2(g) carbon is __________.