After the ______________, Congress passed legislation designed to better integrate the National Guard into the country's fighting forces, so as to improve the nation's ability to respond to threats.
A) Civil War B) Spanish-American War C) First World War
D) Second World War E) Cold War
Question 2
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is
A) a highly effective lobby for senior citizens.
B) a nonpolitical group designed to allow retirees to socialize with one another.
C) one of many groups that split the loyalty of elderly voters.
D) one of the weaker special interest groups that lobbies Congress.
E) a small interest group that works for retired government employees.