Describe the framers' vision for the presidency. How is the framers' vision different from the role of the modern president?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain that the framers were concerned about giving the president too much power.
2, Describe the creation of shared power (and a system of checks and balances) to ensure that the president (or Congress) did not have too much power.
3, Include the idea that modern presidents have more power than what the framers had intended. For example, modern presidents are more involved in legislation than the framers predicted.
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A. administrative-support positions B. manual labor positions C. banking and finance positions D. clerical positions
Regarding the exclusionary rule, more recent decisions of the Supreme Court seem to be
A. modifying the rule to make it less cumbersome for law enforcement. B. abandoning the rule to make any evidence admissible. C. continuing the rule as before. D. making the rule stricter to discourage police misconduct. E. expanding the rule so as to restrict the efforts of law-enforcement officers.
What is foreign aid, and why does the United States provide it? Give some examples of foreign aid programs, and discuss whether such aid is popular with Americans
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following events undermined global confidence in the capitalist economic system?
a. 9/11 terrorist attacks b. financial collapse of 2008 c. 2011 Arab Spring protests d. 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster