Discuss some of the changes in society and technology that transformed the partisan press of the early 1800s.
What will be an ideal response?
? High-speed rotary press
? Telegraph
? Associated Press
? Urbanization
? Government Printing Office
? Economic motives to write about things other than politics
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a. vote out all incumbents c. re-elect the incumbents b. insist on a balanced budget amendment d. invoke term-limits
What are civil rights?
A) The right to equal treatment under the law B) The freedoms that together preserve the rights of a free people C) The rights listed in the first three Amendments to the Constitution D) The rights of all people to share equally in the success of the nation E) Rights created by Congress to uphold the equal treatment of all citizens
The Texas courts of appeals are the
A) courts of the intermediate appellate level for the state. B) courts of last resort in Texas. C) appellate courts which hear death penalty convictions automatically appealed from the district court to the court of appeals in which that district court sits. D) principal trial courts. E) only appellate courts that sit juries to review new evidence presented by the losing side in the original trial.
One of the main reasons for the Soviet Union to get involved in Afghanistan in 1979 was
a. better access to oil. b. to defend the indigenous populations. c. to defend the government of Afghanistan. d. to expand its markets region. e. the expansion of its influence in China.