Until the Civil War, the dominant questions before the Supreme Court regarded
A) questions of the relationship between the federal government and the economy.
B) presidential powers.
C) the powers and legitimacy of the federal government.
D) issues of social and political equality and the expansion of the right to vote.
E) the interpretation of First Amendment rights.
Answer: C) the powers and legitimacy of the federal government.
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A. Media, grassroots B. Grassroots, media C. Polling, grassroots D. Grassroots, polling
The modernist school of political culture theory believes that
a. Political cultures are constantly evolving. b. Clear attitudes, values, and beliefs can be identified within a political culture. c. It is more important to look at conflict over values and beliefs than at consistency. d. Political attitudes may be symptoms of political activity rather than the cause of it.
Which of the following would not be eligible for foreign aid?
a. non-governmental organizations b. governments c. FIFA regional operations d. international organizations
Based on historical trends, which of the following is most likely to be appointed to the Supreme Court?
a. A fifty-five-year-old Caucasian man with a successful private law practice, but no judicial experience. b. A thirty-eight-year-old Hispanic man with ten years' experience on a state trial court. c. A fifty-two-year-old Caucasian woman with fifteen years' experience on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. d. A fifty-eight-year-old Arab-American man with five years' experience as a district court judge.