Unlike Western European democracies, the United States has a __________
a. two-party system
b. single-party system
c. multiparty system
d. independent party system
ANS: A
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In 1972, Congress passed the ________,which stated, "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex." It failed to be ratified
A) ?19th Amendment B) ?Equal Pay Act C) ?Lilly Ledbetter Act D) ?Equal Rights Amendment E) ?Voting Rights Act
The party in the electorate consists:
A. of members who regard themselves as independents. B. of all the people who describe themselves as Democrats or Republicans. C. only of those members who are electoral candidates. D. exclusively of party identifiers. E. exclusively of party activists.
According to Morgenthau, what differentiates the study of politics from other branches of learning?
a. Politics can be understood without reference to other fields of thought. b. The lessons of political theory have no applicability to the lives of average persons. c. The study of politics is the study of human beings because human nature is essentially political. d. The unsavory truths revealed by a rational study of politics are difficult for most people to accept. e. Politics incorporates the economic, the religious, and the moral as essential elements of its nature.
An election held in the House if no candidate receives the required majority of votes in the Electoral College is referred to as a
a. contingency election. b. disputed election. c. non-political election. d. selective election. e. null and void election