Many first-time candidates for Congress bring with them a set of ______ rather than one specific issue.
a. policy objectives
b. constituent mandates
c. representational requirements
d. political ideals
a. policy objectives
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One critique that pluralists make of the public as a whole is that
A) subgroups within the public do not express opinions on specific matters. B) the public simplifies complex issues into too-neat, easy solutions. C) the public tends to overwhelmingly focus on a handful of policy issues and ignore the rest. D) the public seldom demonstrates clear, consistent opinions on daily issues of government. E) public opinion has moved increasingly against minority rights in recent decades.
To what extent were the civil rights of African Americans protected during the decades following Reconstruction?
a. Their civil rights increased in the immediate aftermath of Reconstruction and have continued to increase steadily ever since.-- b. The civil rights of southern African Americans were considerably greater than their northern counterparts. c. It was two decades after Reconstruction before African Americans had civil rights that were comparable to those of whites. d. Attempts to protect the civil rights of African Americans after Reconstruction were largely unsuccessful for decades.
The Cold War refers to the period from 1946 to 1989 in which
A) foreign policy presented few challenges to American hegemony. B) the world remained basically peaceful due to the memories of world war. C) the prestige of the executive branch fell dramatically. D) the U.S. and Soviet Union threatened one another with nuclear destruction. E) the U.S. did not speak to the Soviet Union diplomatically.
The lieutenant governor has the job of
a. alternate supreme court justice. b. chair, legislative conference committee. c. president of the state senate. d. federal government liaison.