The purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise was to
A) require a three-fifths majority to amend the constitution.
B) effectively emancipate slaves in all states.
C) ensure there were five "free states" for every three "slave states."
D) count slaves as three-fifths of a person when determining a state's apportionment of representatives.
E) provide voting rights to three-fifths of the slave population in each state.
D
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A) cannot generally be reduced in experimental research. B) occurs only when the dependent variable is a measure of a physical property. C) is related to the effective range of a measure. D) can be solved by increasing sample size.
Scholars examining the role of the European Union in socializing elites in new member states is an example of the __________ tradition in the study of international relations.
A. postmodernist B. Marxist C. liberal D. constructivist
One of the most effective political ads was a thirty-second spot that depicted a little girl picking daisies in a field and then an image of a mushroom cloud emanating from a nuclear explosion that was done for which of the following candidates?
A. John F. Kennedy in his campaign against Richard Nixon B. Lyndon Johnson in his campaign against Barry Goldwater C. Jimmy Carter in his campaign against Ronald Reagan D. George Herbert Walker Bush in his campaign against Michael Dukakis E. Bill Clinton in his campaign against George Herbert Walker Bush
The __________ Islands are a historical example of the control of small islands causing potentially serious interstate territorial disputes.
A. Falkland B. Solomon C. Marshall D. Midway