Compare and contrast Brazil’s authoritarian regime with Mexico’s electoral authoritarian regime.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should note the difference between modernizing authoritarianism and electoral authoritarianism, as well as delineate differences in how they functioned (military vs one-party state) and justified themselves. Also, note similarities, such as presence of a legislature in each.
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Commercial shrimp fishermen are more than likely limited in influence because of a lack of
A. political party competition. B. geographic distribution. C. money. D. leadership.
How did ideology affect the balance of power in the Peloponnesian War?
a. Democratic city-states were more likely to align with Sparta, and oligarchies with Athens. b. Democratic city-states were more likely to align with Athens, and oligarchies with Sparta. c. Seafaring states were more likely to align with Sparta. d. Militaristic states were more likely to align with Athens. e. Athens' democratic principles gave it a stronger claim to empire than Sparta and gained it more allies as a result.
Which of the following was an argument by James Otis, Jr. against the Stamp Act?
A) The British government was discriminating against its own people and violating the Magna Carta by imposing the Stamp Act. B) It was only fair that the British government taxed the aboriginals of America and not the settlers who hailed from England. C) The colonists were not represented in the British Parliament and so could not be taxed. D) The colonists were solely responsible for Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War and it was only fair that they were exempted from taxes. E) The colonists were contributing to British expansion and so should not be taxed.
The Highway Trust Fund was established by the
A. American Highway Act of 1925. B. Federal Highway Act of 1956. C. Transportation Reform Act of 1962. D. Public Transportation Act of 1974.