The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to overturn which of the following?
a. integration
b. Jim Crow laws
c. nonviolent direct action
d. the Fifteenth Amendment –
b
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Why is Iran considered only a quasi-theocracy rather than a full theocracy?
a. The state religion of Iran is a mixture of two forms of Islam. b. The Iranian Parliament can veto decisions made by religious leaders. c. The Grand Ayatollah is elected by a segment of the Iranian population. d. Elected leaders conduct much of the daily business of Iran's government.
Consolidation is the
A. shortening the terms of state legislatures B. application of state laws to all local governments C. division of a government into two or more separate units D. union of two or more governmental units to form a single unit E. revision of a state constitution to eliminate obsolete clauses
Which of the following variables does not have a median value?
a. per-capita income b. grade-point averages c. percentage of eligible voters casting ballots in the United States d. ethnicity of eligible voters in the United States
A document that defines and creates a people politically, sets out the fundamental principles of governance, and creates the rules and institutions through which a people choose to self-govern is defined as a ______.
a. confederation b. political contract c. constitution d. statement of purpose