The agreement reached at the Constitutional Convention that determined that every slave would be counted as a fraction of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives was called the
a) Connecticut Compromise
b) Three-Fifths Compromise
c) Great Compromise
d) Virginia Plan
e) New Jersey Plan
Ans: b) Three-Fifths Compromise
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An independent variable is
A) directly manipulated by the researcher. B) not directly manipulated by the participant. C) indirectly manipulated by the researcher. D) indirectly manipulated by the participant.
If a congressional district is challenged based on evidence that the lines were drawn as a racial gerrymander
A. the U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to order the district lines to be redrawn. B. the U.S. House of Representatives will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to order the district lines to be redrawn. C. the U.S. Senate will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to order the district lines to be redrawn. D. a review committee created every two years by the president will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to order the district lines to be redrawn. E. All of these choices are true.
When did the state of Texas initiate the top 10 percent plan?
A) When the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that race could not be considered in affirmative action admission policies B) When the colleges and universities noticed a decline in the enrollment of women and minority ethnic groups C) When colleges and universities realized they failed to meet standard admission criteria D) When Latino, low-income, and rural student admission to state universities began to stabilize
What is the main purpose of monetary policy?
a. to affect how much money is available to businesses and banks b. to control the amount of public debt sold to foreign states c. to equalize income disparity among citizens of the United States d. to expand the government's revenue base so as to reduce the deficit