One way that lobbyists increase the credibility of their messages is by
a. threatening electoral retaliation against any politician who disagrees with them.
b. hiring scientists or scholars to testify at congressional hearings to back technical claims made by the lobbyists.
c. repeatedly using phrases such as “studies have shown.”
d. taking public officials on exotic vacations or “junkets.”
b. hiring scientists or scholars to testify at congressional hearings to back technical claims made by the lobbyists.
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A. poll tests. B. constitutional exams. C. literacy tests. D. primary tests. E. registration tests.
Increased U.S. interventionism in the world, the ability of the United States to become the bulwark of the Bretton Woods system, and promote nation-building in the Third World following World War II are all examples of the United States becoming
a. an isolationist state. b. a hegemonic power. c. a soft power. d. an imperial empire.
Some of the fundamental principles of interstate power politics were first exhibited by __________
A) the Ottoman Empire B) Latin American civilizations C) Italian city-states D) Greek city-states
In Gitlow v New York (1925), the Court ruled that freedoms of speech and press were liberties protected by the ________ clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A. Due process B. Necessary and proper C. Commerce D. Interstate commerce E. Free press