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Amber Vasquez

Jul 20, 2024

The effects of critical elections

A) are limited to one election.
B) quickly give way to oscillations in party control.
C) usually last for about a decade.
D) usually endure for several decades.

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Rebecca Shumate

Jul 20, 2024

The primary source of socialization is the _____.

A) church
B) president
C) family
D) media

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Michael Weston

Jul 20, 2024

The supporters of the Constitution in the late 1780s were known as _____.

A) Whigs
B) Tories
C) Anti-federalists
D) Federalists

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Jackson Davis

Jul 20, 2024

Government censorship before publication is called

A) strict scrutiny.
B) prior restraint.
C) judicial power.
D) prepublication review.

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Becky Umiamaka

Jul 20, 2024

Which of the following is NOT a professional standard of journalism?

A) Nonpartisanship
B) Balance
C) Objectivity
D) Cynicism

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Foster Hutchins

Jul 20, 2024

Explain how horse race journalism affects the political campaign.

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Aviraj Huria

Jul 20, 2024

What is democratic elitism?

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Bianca Campbell

Jul 20, 2024

What is political equality?

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Fernanda Alves

Jul 20, 2024

The Virginia Plan included

A) making the national government primary.
B) the power to veto state legislation.
C) reducing the states to a subordinate position.
D) All of the above are correct.

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Brandon Hamby

Jul 20, 2024

Who were the Federalists and the Anti-federalists?

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Naresh Kumar

Jul 20, 2024

Meaningful campaign reform includes

A) allowing PACs to contribute as much money as they wish.
B) closing the loopholes that allow soft-money contributions to exist.
C) decreasing the public funds for both incumbents and challengers.
D) enacting legislation to limit the power of the Federal Elections Commission.

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Brittney Crookshanks

Jul 20, 2024

One of the biggest threats to American democratic values has been

A) covert operations on the part of the CIA.
B) restrictive congressional oversight of the intelligence agencies.
C) checks on the president's freedom to conduct needed secret foreign policy.
D) popular democratic protests that have undermined America's credibility in the world.

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Patrick Barber

Jul 20, 2024

According to the text, deregulation

A) was a key part of Johnson's Great Society.
B) has been successful whenever it has been initiated.
C) began to decline during the Reagan presidency.
D) has worked well in some industries but not in others.

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Bryce Johnson

Jul 20, 2024

Tax expenditures allow the government to

A) enact legislation that benefits those most underrepresented in the system.
B) reduce the money supply by controlling who pays taxes.
C) subsidize certain taxpayers at the expense of others.
D) establish a ceiling on the amount of money it can spend.

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Grace Damico

Jul 20, 2024

What is the difference between progressive tax and regressive tax?

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Carla Cortez

Jul 20, 2024

What is the purpose of the Lemon test?

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RESTU PUTRI

Jul 20, 2024

The number of concurring and dissenting opinions has

A) stayed roughly the same over time.
B) declined now that the Court has a conservative majority.
C) increased in the face of ideological conflict among the justices.
D) dropped due to an increase in summary judgments.

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Iconic Dreams

Jul 20, 2024

What is the theory of devolution?

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alyssia rouse

Jul 20, 2024

A major debate in American politics is between advocates of "original meaning" and those of a "Living Constitution." What are the essential features of this debate? Which philosophy do you find more appealing? Why?

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Angela Manabat

Jul 16, 2024

Explain what aggregate interests mean.

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