Who has the power to preside over the Senate and vote in case of a tie but otherwise has little real authority in the Senate?
A.) the majority whips
B.) the majority leader
C.) the Speaker of the House of Representatives
D.) the Vice President of the United States
Ans: D.) the Vice President of the United States
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With regard to the course of study in schools, professional educators and civil libertarians ________
A. want textbooks to present issues from the perspective they consider correct B. expect facts with regard to sex education to be suppressed C. do not encourage a positive view of labor and its role in society D. try to isolate schools from the pressures of all outside groups E. want family values and morality emphasized, and constraints imposed on the teaching of evolution
What is the central difference between the free market policies that exacerbate inequality and the capabilities of the pan-ethnic movements that George Lipsitz believes could have a greater effect on positive societal change?
A. Pan-ethnic movements are able to garner greater support through inclusion, which will in turn affect elections and policy changes, while free market policies remain possessively invested in whiteness. B. Pan-ethnic movements use society’s investment in whiteness to promote white leaders who support positive change, while free market policy supporters actively suppress these leaders. C. Pan-ethnic movements can acknowledge and combat the power of whiteness that intensifies inequality, while free market policies continue to allow for possessive investment in whiteness by ignoring the unequal power of whiteness. D. Pan-ethnic movements seek to recycle free-market policies into more positive government efforts to decrease inequality, while the original policies themselves remain fundamentally invested in whiteness.
The textbook gives an example of a poor high school student who is qualified for admission to a prestigious university but cannot afford to attend. This example illustrates the conflict between which two beliefs of the American creed?
a. individualism and equality b. individualism and property rights c. property rights and equal treatment under the law d. equality and equal opportunity e. equality and property rights
Which of the following is not true of the European Union (EU)?
a. It began as a response to the widespread devastation of World War II. b. The early organization centered on trade development. c. It has eagerly pursued new membership in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. d. There is division between Western and Eastern Europe raising the possibility of a split between two opposed coalitions. e. It is headquartered in Brussels.