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President Ulysses S. Grant was reelected in 1872 because
 
  a. the Democrats and Liberal Republicans could not decide on a single candidate.
  b. he promised reforms in the political system.
  c. he was the only candidate who enjoyed support in both the North and South.
  d. the Democrats and Liberal Republicans chose the politically and personally eccentric and dubiously sound editor Horace Greeley as their candidate.
  e. of the massive support of black voters in the Reconstruction South.

Question 2

As a means of ensuring that legislators stay in touch with the mood of the people, state constitutions
 
  a. were rewritten once every ten years.
  b. were rewritten once every five years.
  c. required yearly visits to the homes of their constituents.
  d. stipulated that ordinary legislation could override the constitution.
  e. required the annual election of legislators.



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Answer to Question 1

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