Which of the following terms refers to the forceful displacement of a group of people from a given territory based on their religion, race, or nationality, as happened in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995?
a. ethnic cleansing
b. genocide
c. immigration restriction
d. devolution
a. ethnic cleansing
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The textbook pointed out that among the consequences of direct action on the lower classes:
A. direct action has often provoked the direct and violent repression of the participants. B. the most notable beneficiaries of direct action have often been not the poor but the upwardly mobile middle classes. C. the most serious shortcoming of direct action tactics has been the frequent failure to create permanent institutions to represent the interests of the protesters. D. all of the above
What was the Republican "southern strategy" of 1968?
A) Appealing to those who felt that the civil rights movement had gone too far B) Appealing to those who felt that nonviolent acts were no longer effective C) Appealing to whites who believed in reverse discrimination D) Appealing to African Americans who wanted to enforce quotas E) Appealing to northerners who thought that too many African Americans had migrated to their areas
Which of the following statements regarding the Gibbons v. Ogden case is true?
A. The national government lost the power to regulate intrastate commerce. B. State governments won the right to control navigation in interstate waters. C. The power to regulate interstate commerce was determined to be an exclusive national power of the federal government. D. The ruling provided the national government with decreasing power over economic affairs throughout the land. E. The Supreme Court found that commerce was defined as the exchange of goods and not navigation or transport of people.
The process of making public policy is best described as __________
a. logical b. unpredictable c. efficient d. unreasonable