Following the 2000 presidential election, the Bush campaign
a. asked the Florida Supreme Court to order a hand recount of the ballots.
b. appealed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to allow a hand recount.
c. rejected the decision of the US Supreme Court on the hand recount.
d. decided a hand recount could not be done in time for the Electoral College vote.

What is the main idea of this excerpt? 1.1.3

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Which option best describes how the printing press transformed european society? (a) prior to the printing press, the catholic church hand-copied texts and disseminated them to peasants. (b) prior to the printing press, the church of england did not allow peasants to learn to read. (c) prior to the printing press, the orthodox church recited luther’s “95 theses” aloud to peasants. (d) prior to the printing press, knowledge was reserved primarily for nobles and clergy.