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mynx

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After the initial shock of the initial Harding administration scandals, many Americans reacted to the acquittals of two wealthy businessmen connected to the Teapot Dome scandal by
 
  a. demanding that these two businessmen have their assets seized and be prosecuted civilly.
  b. demonstrating a cynical acceptance of the easy ability of wealthy and politically connected Americans to manipulate the courts to their legal advantage.
  c. demanding the impeachment of the president.
  d. suggesting that Harding resign the presidency so that Calvin Coolidge could take control.
  e. calling for a thorough Congressional investigation.

Question 2

The top-secret Pentagon Papers, leaked and published in 1971
 
  a. revealed President Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal.
  b. documented the North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  c. exposed President Nixon's secret bombing war of Cambodia.
  d. was the first the American public knew of the Nixon Doctrine.
  e. exposed the blunders and deceptions of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in pursuing American involvement in the Vietnam War.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

e



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