With the widespread use of computer-driven mapmaking technology, congressional seats can be configured to ensure that
A.) the opposing candidate will alway lose
B.) constituents will hav no particular preference for a political party
C.) house members represent equal square miles
D.) the majority of a district's population identifies with one party
Ans: D.) the majority of a district's population identifies with one party
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For Jervis, what is the most significant implication of the continued existence of the Community?
a. War has become impossible. b. Uncoerced peace is possible under conditions of anarchy. c. The world needs a strong, benign hegemon to ensure peace. d. Inevitably, a world government will emerge that can deal with global problems. e. If all the states in the system become democracies, then the goal of global peace can be achieved.
Nationalist ideologies differed from those of republicans in that nationalists:
A) had an antiauthoritarian, localist impulse. B) opposed government interference in the lives of citizens. C) favored an effective central authority. D) opposed any form of government that resembled monarchy. E) were suspicious of national authority as represented by the Continental Congress.
Abraham Lincoln once said that the Constitution should be the "political religion of the nation." What do you think he meant by this? Would the founders agree? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The era of cooperative federalism was rooted in the Great Depression struggles of the late 1930s. How did cooperative federalism differ from the previous era of dual federalism?
a. Cooperative federalism acted as a return to the strict doctrine of state powers. b. Cooperative federalism allowed the possibility that the federal government might enlist state officials to implement federal policies. c. Cooperative federalism was an arrangement whereby the state governments were allowed to approve all Supreme Court rulings. d. The Supreme Court had no authority under the dual federalism arrangement so the state governments cooperatively granted the Court its necessary powers. e. State supreme courts continued to be the supreme authority in the national government structure.