William Howard Taft, a liberal incumbent president, headed the Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party against the conservative policies of Theodore Roosevelt

In essence, the 1972 nomination rules changes

A) allowed ordinary voters to choose the candidates. B) gave party leaders total control of choosing the candidates. C) reinforced the mixed system. D) told states what system to use to choose the candidates. E) destroyed the two-party system.

For many years after Israel was founded in 1948, _____

A) the neighboring Arab states did not accept its legitimacy as a nation B) the Taliban was in control of the Holy Land C) it lived in peace with its neighbors in the Middle East D) Saddam Hussein ruled the country as a dictator E) the only peace treaty that it was able to negotiate was one with Syria