The __________ Amendment ensures that no state will deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
A. First
B. Fifth
C. Fourteenth
D. Twenty-first
Answer: C
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a. issue positions b. political party c. name recognition d. candidate's name
Which is a requirement to be the presiding officer of the House of Representatives?
a. one has to win election in his or her district b. one has to win election in his or her district and one among the House members themselves c. one must have completed a minimum of 25 years of practicing law anywhere in the United States d. one must have served as chair of a substantive committee before becoming the presiding officer of the House
Which of the following approaches is NOT one of the four general influence strategies used by interest groups?
a. Access-to-power c. Coalition-building b. Bureaucratic insider d. Grassroots mobilization
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith argues that, as a result of the technological revolution, the goals of society as a whole are being shaped by
A) an academic elite. B) a few hundred large corporations. C) corrupt politicians. D) the federal bureaucracy. E) the Supreme Court.