The American foreign policy whose goal was to keep the Soviet Union from expanding its sphere of control was known as which of the following?
a. the Monroe Doctrine
b. deterrence
c. the Nixon Doctrine
d. containment
e. mutually-assured destruction
d. containment
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Which of the following is a characteristic of picket-fence federalism?
A. Federal and state governments maintain diverse and sovereign powers. B. Specific policies and programs are administered by all levels of government. C. Powerful states are given increased power to decide how they should spend government revenues. D. State and local governments compete for businesses and citizens. E. Levels of government act as the vertical picket on the fence.
The Near v. Minnesota case involved the issue of
a. prior restraint. b. freedom of religion. c. the right to privacy. d. the rights of the accused.
Pe?a Nieto's candidacy during the 2012 Mexican presidential election reflected a. the influence of the U.S. government in Mexican elections
b. a return to the old pattern of Mexican presidents selecting their successors. c. the prominence state governors had gained in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during the years the party had been out of power at the national level. d. the prominence Mexico's lower legislatures had gained in recent years within Mexican politics. e. the continuing power of the Mexican military in national politics.
Midterm vacancies in district courts in Texas are filled by _____
a. the secretary of state b. joint appointment by the speaker of the House and the lieutenant governor c. gubernatorial appointment d. the attorney general e. justices of the peace in the county of the vacancy