How did President Barack Obama dramatically alter the landscape of the Supreme Court?
a. by nominating the first African American to the high court
b. by nominating the first Catholic to the high court
c. by nominating the first Muslim to the high court
d. by nominating the first Latina to the high court
e. by nominating the first Asian to the high court
ANS: D
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Which of the following is a plausible explanation for the polls' prediction that Dewey would defeat Truman in 1948?
a. Pollsters assumed that the country was significantly more Republican than the actual poll data indicated. b. Pollsters had assumed that all respondents who said they were unlikely to vote would, in fact, stay home. c. Pollsters had assumed that non-respondents would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had responded. d. Pollsters had assumed that respondents who said they were undecided would wind up voting in the same ratio as those who had already decided.
_____ is a form of autocracy
A) Dictatorship B) Democracy C) Anarchy D) Communism E) Marxism
The free exercise clause states that Congress may not
a. enforce its authority within the states. b. create a national religion. c. prevent Americans from practicing their religion. d. interfere with state legislation. e. challenge an executive order.