One benefit of a system with frequent alternation in power is __________
a. a guarantee of economic growth
b. effective control over corruption
c. peaceful use of civil disobedience
d. high citizen engagement in politics
b
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The Supreme Court has held which the following to be expression outside the bounds of speech protected by the First Amendment?
a. wearing black armbands b. burning the American flag c. obscenity d. protesting at military funerals
Which constitutional amendment requires presidential electors to vote for one person for president and another for vice president?
a. the Twelfth b. the Fifteenth c. the Nineteenth d. the Twenty-Second
In 1948, ____ defeated former Governor Coke Stevenson by 87 votes to win a U.S. Senate seat
a. Lyndon Johnson b. Allan Shivers c. Tom Connally d. Sam Rayburn e. William P. Hobby
Which of the following statements about the development of bureaucracies is accurate?
a. The Framers were suspicious of bureaucracies, so Article IV of the Constitution provides critical authority. b. The Framers did not clearly envision them, but the departments and bureaus that constitute the executive branch are necessary to turn ideas into realities. c. Government could function efficiently without bureaucracies if Congress took its lawmaking responsibilities seriously. d. Bureaucracies exist only at the federal level, since state and local governments simply follow the policy priorities of the national government.