What are civil rights? What does the Constitution say about them? Why did the idea of civil rights appear comparatively late in the development of the United States?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Define civil rights as government guarantees of equality for people in the United States, regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity.
2, Identify that neither the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights said anything about equality beyond insisting that all Americans are equally entitled to due process in the courts.
3, Discuss how Americans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were more interested in protecting individuals from government than in guaranteeing political rights through government.
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In __________ instances, candidates have won the electoral vote without winning a majority of the popular vote.
A. two B. three C. five D. ten E. twelve
Two predominant theories concerning who runs local communities are
a. elite and community power theories. b. community power and marketplace theories. c. elite and pluralist theories. d. pluralist and hyperpluralist theories.
Which of these was one of Aristotle's concerns about direct democracy?
a. He worried about the corrupting influence of the invisible hand. b. He felt that it was unfair to exclude women and slaves from the political arena. c. He thought that the state of nature would be preferable to a democratic system. d. He worried that the masses were too ignorant to be trusted with decision-making.
What is considered the party in the electorate?
a. party officers who seek to educate the public on key party stances b. public officials who are registered with a political party c. voters active in the business of the party d. citizens who identify with a political party