______ are external activities that move issues onto the active agenda by placing attention on an issue and helping to create a policy window for action.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


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If the government’s offer is rejected by hard-liners, then __________________.

a. The government will have to offer a more generous deal. b. The government will repress all the terrorists. c. The moderates will reject the deal too. d. The moderates can still uphold their part of the deal.

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Which of the following checks and balances does Congress NOT have over the President?

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Super PACs first became an important factor in national elections in

A. 1972. B. 2012. C. 1980. D. 1988. E. 2000.

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As political documents, constitutions reflect

a. religious values b. expressions of basic law. c. group conflict. d. historical treatises.

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