What best explains the demise of party machines?
a. congressional reforms that prevented private party meetings in "smoke-filled rooms"
b. Keynesian economic reforms that increased individual wealth
c. judicial reforms that ended the "pay to play" system of assigning public defenders
d. progressive reforms that instituted a merit-based hiring system
d
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Proponents of same-sex marriage argue that laws barring same-sex marriage violate the __________ Amendment of the Constitution
a. Fifth b. Fourteenth c. Ninth d. First
During the cold war, the prevailing interpretation of the foreign policy process approximated the _________ interpretation of politics
a. elitist c. hyperpluralist b. pluralist d. republican
One key result of the War Powers Act of 1973 was that it
a. provided the executive branch full authority to declare and wage war. b. placed limitations on the initiation of military interventions by the executive branch. c. brought the Supreme Court into the process of deciding whether or not to go to war. d. allowed for a general vote by the people of the United States on the decision to commit troops. e. weakened the role of Congress in military decisions by placing more authority with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The primary focus of a search for social science literature should be ______.
A. relevant books B. government documents C. social science journals D. the Internet