Advanced Placement-Style United States History
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Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th president
and Barack Obama, America's 44th president-elect
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Question 952:

Barack Obama's victory over John McCain in the presidential election of 2008 is similar to Abraham Lincoln's in all but which of the following ways:

    (A)  neither man had a national reputation or following as early as five years before their election
    (B)  both were senators from Illinois
    (C)  both were born in states other than Illinois
    (D)  neither man had significant foreign policy experience
    (E)   both were attorneys

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