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cartlidgeashley

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on: Jul 8, 2018
When the three major television networks began to face competition from cable news in the 1980s, they responded by
 
  A) reducing coverage of hard news and increasing coverage of scandals, horserace journalism, and controversial sound bites.
  B) increasing the amount of hard news they covered to differentiate themselves from their less serious competitors.
  C) seeking out more funding from government sources and less advertising dollars from major corporations.
  D) moving more of their operations to the Internet.

Question 2

Which term applied to the variety of laws enacted by state and local governments across the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s that required and enforced racial segregation?
 
  A) Jim Crow laws
  B) Tuskegee laws
  C) equality statutes
  D) racial ordinances
  E) race protection acts


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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