Identify the two reasons noted in the text for the initial failure in the implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
What will be an ideal response?
The two reasons are (1) the close ties between the U.S. Office of Education and the local school districts and (2) the misinterpretation of the intention of Congress, which had established the program not as general assistance to education but purely as a compensatory program.
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The doctrine of judicial review
a. is expressly provided for in the Constitution. b. holds that the Supreme Court possesses the authority to rule acts of Congress unconstitutional. c. is a modern creation of activist judges from the civil rights era. d. is only used to issue nonbinding advisory opinions.
Why is there less data about what influences the decisions of primary voters?
a. There is a perception of bias, as primary voters also vote on Election Day. b. Partisan strength is not considered an important issue in primary elections. c. Primary voters are less likely to participate in polls. d. The smaller sample makes primary voting data less credible. e. Primary voters have lower levels of partisan direction.
The Great Compromise finally allocated representation on the basis of
A) population, in both houses. B) equality, in both houses. C) population in the House and statehood equality in the Senate. D) equality in the House and population in the Senate. E) state size in the Senate and equality in the House
What impact did the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) have on the relationship between the federal and state governments in education?
a. The Court infused the federal government into education by contending that national education problems demand national solutions. b. The Court required that the federal government would be the primary funding source for education. c. The ruling mandated creation of the U.S. Department of Education. d. Since the case highlighted that the federal government was ineffective in enforcing desegregation, the role was passed to state governments. e. The Court required that the two levels of government must cooperate equally in providing educational services.