In the case of McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Marshall upheld the right of the national government to create a bank based on which of the following?
A. The authority to create the bank was expressly enumerated as a governmental power in the Constitution.
B. the elastic clause in the Constitution
C. his hostility to the Federalist view of government relations
D. Maryland's previous waiver of its sovereign right to prohibit the bank's establishment
Answer: B
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Answer:
Japan has very little military power but substantial economic power. This is best an example of
A) covariance. B) the distribution of power. C) the interdependence of states. D) the multidimensional nature of power. E) the state of nature.
The statement, "Man is by nature a political animal" is attributed to __________
A) Niccolo' Machiavelli B) Seymour Martin Lipset C) Mao Zedong D) Aristotle
Across societies, most laws regulating the media stem from what kind of concerns?
a. concerns about news monopolies b. national security concerns c. concerns about a free market d. concerns about personal freedoms