Federalist Paper #54 makes an argument for the three-fifths compromise that:
a. slaves needed to have their interests represented, but only partially so
b. slaves should be viewed by the Constitution as both persons and property
c. southern states needed greater representation because of their greater agricultural interests
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
b
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How do African American perceptions of the criminal justice system compare with those of whites?
a. Most whites and African Americans believe the criminal justice system is fundamentally unfair. b. When the victim is black, whites and African Americas attribute police brutality to individual malfeasance by officers, not as racism. c. Whites see the disproportionate percentages of African Americans in prison as discrimination, whereas African Americans see it as a product of greater criminality among African Americans. d. Most whites believe the criminal justice system is fundamentally fair; most African Americans do not.
When the Supreme Court rules that Amish people cannot be forced to send their children to public school beyond eighth grade, it
A. neither establishes religion nor protects its free exercise. B. establishes religion without violating the First Amendment. C. avoids establishing religion at the risk of impeding its free exercise. D. both establishes religion and impedes its free exercise. E. protects the free exercise of religion but opens itself to criticisms regarding establishment.
During which of the following presidents' administrations did the federal government's power, especially with regard to the economy, increase the most?
A. Woodrow Wilson B. Theodore Roosevelt C. Ronald Reagan D. Andrew Jackson E. Franklin Roosevelt
The constitutional question posed by affirmative action programs is whether they discriminate against whites in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false