Candidate debates became a regular part of presidential campaigns in which decade?

a. the 1820s
b. the 1910s
c. the 1960s
d. the 1980s


Answer: d

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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If you made a profit on the sale of a home or stock, you might have to pay a ____________tax

a. property b. capital gains c. windfall or marriage penalty d. excise

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Each cabinet department consists of the department's top administrators plus a number of _____

A) plaintiffs B) interest groups C) marshals D) subagencies E) bailiffs

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Which of the following differentiates a pluralist and a corporatist pattern?

A. Under corporatism there is a free market in interest group formation as opposed to under pluralism. B. Under pluralism, the government centrally organizes societal interests, while under corporatism, the state plays relatively little role in fostering or impeding interest group formation. C. Under pluralism, collective action takes the top-down approach, while corporatism promotes the grassroots mobilization of people. D. The pluralistic pattern requires that interest groups have institutionalized channels of representation in the state as opposed to the corporatist pattern which encourages interest groups to mobilize and organize societal interests freely. E. While in the pluralist pattern, interest groups form from within civil society, in the corporatist pattern the state influences interest group formation.

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