Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the motives behind the support that different Framers gave to the U.S. Constitution?
A) Most Framers acted out of a mixture of motives, with economic interests playing only a modest role.
B) Those Framers who did not hold government debt but who did own slaves tended to support the U.S. Constitution.
C) Those Framers who held debt but who did not own slaves tended to oppose the U.S. Constitution.
D) The support that different Framers gave to the U.S. Constitution tended to divide along class lines.
E) The Framers acted in a manner that reflected the religious convictions of their respective states.
A
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A) Democratic theory states that parties have grown so large that they can now afford to ignore voters, while neo-institutional theory states that parties are beholden to voter critique. B) Democratic theory states that political parties cannot afford to ignore voters, while institutional theory claims that parties can afford to disregard them. C) Neo-institutional theory claims that institutions have grown so large they govern with disregard to regional politics. D) Neo-institutional theory states that no institution, new or old, can afford to disregard voters; democratic theory is choosier
Which of the following statements about the Securities and Exchange Commission is true?
a. It was created by the Securities Act of 1933, also known as the "truth in securities" law. b. It replaced the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) that had previously governed the activities of the securities markets. c. It requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities. d. It oversees the activities of the American gold and silver markets. e. It was created by the Investment Advisers act of 1940.
In a study of the development of noun usage, an investigator is interested in the relationship of the number of nouns in a child's vocabulary to the number of adults in the household. This type of project is
A) Correlational in nature. B) Experimental in nature. C) Naturalistic. D) High-constraint research.
States may have a residency requirement for voting, which establishes how long someone must live in a state before becoming eligible to register. How long is this duration typically?
a. Forty-five days b. Sixty days c. Thirty days d. Fifty days