Why Did the Democrats Find It Difficult to Pass Reform

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why did the Democrats find it difficult to pass reform legislation in the early 1960s?

• A) They had a majority in the House, but not the Senate.
• B) They had a majority in the Senate, but not the House.
• C) Conservative Democrats in the South teamed up with Republicans.
• D) The Democratic leadership was uninterested in reform legislation.

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