What made Barack Obama’s election to the presidency in 2008 historically significant?

Question

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Obama chose a female vice-presidential candidate.

Obama chose a female vice-presidential candidate.

Obama was the nation’s first African-American president.

Obama was the nation’s first African-American president.

Obama was the first president to ask for “hope and change.”

Obama was the first president to ask for “hope and change.”

Obama offered an innovative solution to the Great Recession.

Answer 1

Obama was the nation’s first African-American president.