Equality of opportunity can be understood to mean
A) that all citizens are entitled to vote.
B) that all citizens have the right to liberty and happiness.
C) that all citizens will experience the same standard of living.
D) that all citizens must equally participate in government.
E) ?that all citizens will be treated equally before the law.
E
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Which statement is true regarding capital punishment in Texas?
a. Texas executes the most number of prisoners in the United States. b. Sentencing prisoners to death in Texas would save taxpayers money. c. Executions are higher in Texas due to the large population. d. Capital punishment was first introduced in Texas after the Civil War.
Democracies go to war in order to install puppet democracies. Why is this in the interest of democracies that go to war over intervention?
a. Puppet democracies are best an delivering policy concessions to the intervening state. b. Puppet democracies are the first stage of democratic governance abroad. c. Puppet democracies are better than clearly autocratic nations. d. None of the above.
A federal case that is appealed from the U.S. District Court may be appealed to one of thirteen regional courts before it is presented to the U.S. Supreme Court. These thirteen courts are referred to as
a. the U.S. Magistrates Court. b. the circuit courts of appeals. c. the state supreme court. d. the Superior Court. e. the administrative court.
All of the following are true of democracy EXCEPT ______.
A. countries widely considered to be dictatorships have professed their disdain for democracy B. many acknowledged dictatorships make reference to “people” in their names C. democracy was once viewed as both dangerous and unstable D. Plato and Aristotle were the first to think systematically about different forms of regimes