One of the most controversial of British revenue laws of the 1760s was the ______, which attempted to raise money through direct taxes on almost everything involved in trade.
a. Sugar Act
b. Stamp Act
c. Intolerable Acts
d. Currency Act
b. Stamp Act
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The Internet was developed in the early 1980s and was originally used __________
a. in a joint research project between the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology b. to network Department of Defense computers c. in a joint venture of Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Microsoft d. by computer science students at the California Institute of Technology in a class project
Which of the following statements best exemplifies yellow journalism?
A) ?a newspaper editor runs a sensationalized story in order to sell the publication B) ?a newspaper owner expounds their political philosophy through its publication C) ?a politically-sponsored newspaper runs stories that promote its party's point of view D) ?biased journalism that exists in all publications E) a failure to report the news accurately for fear of retribution
In some cases, such as that of O. J. Simpson in the 1990s, the defendant may be acquitted of a murder charge but may also be required in a separate court action to pay a large fine for "wrongful death." Under what type of law is the wrongful death suit generated?
A) criminal law B) civil law C) constitutional law D) common law E) appeal
Which of the following individuals is not associated with liberal theories of foreign policy?
a. Immanuel Kant b. Theodore Roosevelt c. Woodrow Wilson d. John Locke