Obama's position relative to Congress was stronger when he became president in 2008 than it was after the 2010 midterm elections because in 2008, __________
A) Obama's popularity was equal to that of the Republicans who controlled Congress, which forced the parties to compromise to advance the goals of the president
B) Obama governed under a system of divided government, giving the Democrats in the Senate much more power to enact his proposals
C)Obama controlled the White House, and the Republicans who controlled Congress were moderates who supported his landmark legislative proposals
D) Obama's party controlled both houses of Congress,which meant that the legislative branch shared many of the goals of the executive branch
D
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a. to include the Senate in diplomatic activity with foreign leaders b. to establish an agreement with a foreign government that does not require Senate ratification c. to demonstrate a bipartisan spirit in the conduct in passing legislation with Congress d. to appease party supporters
A serious weakness of the pretest-posttest, natural control-group design is that
A) the two groups may be statistically different from each other at the start of the study. B) the two groups may be statistically equivalent at the start of the study. C) experimenter effects cannot be prevented. D) there is no control for effects due to history or maturation.
"White flight" involves affluent, mainly Anglo residents who _____
a. move outside of city limits b. avoid paying city taxes c. continue to enjoy city amenities such as libraries, airports, and museums d. may be partially controlled through the city's use of the ETJ e. all of these
Media coverage of police brutality led to public concern over the issue. In response, the police department agreed to hold public forums regarding its arrest procedures
. Following this, media coverage and public interest in the issue declined, though it has the potential to return in the future. This is an example of __________. a. horse-race coverage b. the use of sound bites c. an issue-attention cycle d. negative advertising