Which constitutional amendment ended the practice in which the runner-up in the presidential election became vice president?
a. Sixteenth Amendment
b. Twenty-Fifth Amendment
c. Twenty-Second Amendment
d. Twelfth Amendment
d
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Deborah Stone contends that one of the major ways an issue gets on the policy agenda is through
a. the successful telling of stories by various political actors. b. strong presidential leadership. c. an active leadership role of congressional committee staffers. d. successful policy experimentation at the state and local levels.
In a midterm election year, the economy is doing very well. How would you expect the president's party to do?
a. The president's party is likely to lose a number of seats in the House. b. If the president's popularity remains the same, his or her party will likely lose seats in the House. c. The president's party will neither gain nor lose seats in the House. d. If the president's popularity remains the same, his or her party will likely gain seats in the House.
Demographic information about a person offers at best a good guess as to that person's political opinions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
If a modern international relations scholar of realist theory could travel back in time to the years before World War I, he or she might have predicted that the U.S. would ally with Germany. Why?
a. because Germany would have appeared to be the underdog in the war, at least from the standpoint of power resources, despite eventual American perceptions b. because the United States was in a position to overtake Britain’s position as a global hegemon c. because Britain, France, and Russia also represented threats to U.S. expansion of military and economic power d. because Germany had made friendly overtures to the United States prior to the war’s beginning