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LaDunn

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In 2011, the grassroots revolt against Middle Eastern autocrats, known as the Arab Spring, was inspired by
 
  a. the killing of Osama bin Laden.
  b. the election of President Barack Obama.
  c. a 26-year-old Tunisian named Mohammed Bouazizi who set himself on fire to protest political corruption.
  d. the toppling of monarchs in Europe.
  e. the U.S. Constitution.

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In _____, the Court upheld a conviction for contempt of Congress, holding that the public interest in exposing Communist infiltration outweighed a witness's First Amendment rights in refusing to answer questions.
 
  a. Watkins v. United States (1957)
  b. Wilkinson v. United States (1961)
  c. Barenblatt v. United States (1959)
  d. Kilbourn v. Thompson (1880)



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