When did Congress outlaw literacy tests altogether as a prerequisite to voter registration?
a. 1870
b. 1954
c. 1970
d. 1990
Answer: c
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One researcher's sorting theory explains voting behavior by stating that voters a. will abstain when only two parties offer candidates. b. are reflecting the ideologies of political elites. c. are expressing deep and genuine preferences
d. dislike both parties equally.
As of 2015, women make up over 50 percent of all legislators
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which statement about the TCEQ is not true? a. The TCEQ is responsible for issuing air and water operating permits to businesses operating in Texas. b. Businesses that desire permits to use public water are able to bring intense pressure to bear on the TCEQ through political channels. c. The TCEQ has authorized so many permits for businesses to use Texas surface water that in years of
scarcity, many ofthe rivers come close to going dry. d. The TCEQ's policies have favored environmental protection over economic development. e. High percentages of whooping crane deaths were due to the lack of fresh water in Texas.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Modernization theory predicts that the likelihood of a transition to democracy increases with income, whereas the survival story predicts that the likelihood of becoming a democracy is unrelated to income. 2. Modernization theory predicts that the likelihood of a transition to democracy decreases with income, whereas the survival story predicts that transitions to dictatorship become more likely with income. 3. Foreign aid will have a detrimental effect on the recipient country’s economic development no matter what the size of the dictator’s winning coalition is: 4. States with high oil revenues tend to keep dictators in power because since dictators control national oil companies, they can effectively hide the country’s finances from the people. 5. According to the implications of the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game in Chapter 6, we should expect that countries in which the state controls high levels of natural resources are more likely to be democratic than countries in which the state does not control high levels of natural resources.