__________ programs attempt to improve the chances of minority applicants for jobs, housing, employment or education
a. Affirmative Action
b. Peonage
c. Civil disobedience
d. Integration
e. Quota programs
a
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All of the following are considered to be nontariff barriers except
a. voluntary export restraints. b. health and environmental regulations. c. quotas. d. taxes on imports.
The It's a Free Country video highlighted the Gideon legal case. In Gideon, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that
a. defendants must be provided free legal counsel but only for alleged capital offenses. b. people accused of crimes have the right to not testify against themselves. c. defendants in criminal cases have a right to counsel, even if the government must provide and pay for the lawyer. d. All of the above.
Political scientists __________ data, as scientists do in the natural sciences
a. balance b. misrepresent c. rationalize d. quantify
How did the Pendleton Act reform the system of hiring and firing federal employees?
a. It required hiring and firing decisions to be based on partisan loyalty rather than merit. b. It required hiring and firing decisions to be based on merit rather than partisan loyalty. c. It continued to allow hiring on the basis of merit, but made firing federal employees easier. d. It continued to allow hiring on the basis of partisan loyalty, but made firing federal employees more difficult.