Outline the processes used to amend state constitutions
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
Amendments to state constitutions may be proposed by state legislatures, citizen-initiated ballot petitions, or constitutional conventions. After an amendment has been proposed, it must be ratified. In all states except Delaware, where the legislature can ratify as well as propose amendments, ratification is by the voters. In most states, an amendment becomes part of the constitution when approved by a majority of those who actually vote on it. In some other states—such as Minnesota—approval by a majority of all those voting in the election is required.
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Which of the following is a requirement of the due process clause?
A. It requires that states ban the right of common man to bear arms. B. It requires that Congress be the ultimate interpreter of the Constitution. C. It requires that citizens form associations to safeguard and sustain their interests and welfare. D. It requires that state governments protect their citizens' rights. E. It requires that states make laws that abridge the immunities of citizens of the United States.
In the traditional form of international politics, how would people in a society put pressure on a government that is not their own?
a. They would pressure that government by forming transnational organizations or advocacy networks to make contact. b. They would put pressure on the subunits of their own government, which would contact the subunits of the target government and try to convince them to influence that state's policies. c. They would ask their own government, through regular domestic politics, to talk to the other government through regular international politics. d. They would contact the target state directly through protest or advocacy groups. e. They would contact similar-minded individuals in the citizenry of the target government and influence them to seek change through their regular domestic political process.
For which reason did the Stamp Act and the Townshend Act enacted by the British set the stage for American Revolution?
a. They imposed tariffs that colonists found objectionable. b. They returned possession of French territories to Native American tribes. c. They required Americans to rely on British postal services. d. They required colonies to have direct representation in Parliament.
The deep hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union during the twentieth century was called _________
a. détente b. the Cold War c. the Iron Curtain d. containment