The attempts to apply a biological basis to race are rooted in a response to threats to dominant group privilege. What is an example of one of these threats?
A. the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998
B. the scientific advancement of DNA analysis
C. the decline of scientific studies of race
D. the election of Barack Obama in 2008
D. the election of Barack Obama in 2008
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A feature that distributive policies and redistributive policies share
is that they both: A) attempt to transfer values directly from one group to another group. B) must be implemented by a strong central government. C) are decisions by a governmental authority to allocate a value. D) are more common in socialist governments than in communist governments.
Since the 1950s most industrialized democracies have been providing some developmental assistance with regard to an agreed upon total percent of GNP. Where does the United States rank in this listing?
a. First b. Top Five c. Top 10 d. Mid-level e. Last
Which was the highest court to take up the case of Angel Raich and Diane Monson?
a. county b. state c. federal d. Supreme
Why does the perception of a mandate matter in presidential politics?
a. Since public approval has become much more important to modern presidents, most presidents rely on the mandate and the polls to measure their popularity and increase their approval ratings. b. The presidential mandate claimed by modern presidents makes it easier for them to get their choices of Supreme Court justices approved than in the past. c. Because Congress sees the president as holding a mandate of the people, the legislators do not block the president's agenda as vehemently as legislators in the past did. d. Because modern presidents are more dependent on the people for election and more involved in policy making than early presidents, they are prone to claim the mandate of the people when governing.