The State Duma is Russia's:
a. upper house of parliament representing regions.
b. upper house of parliament elected by plurality voting.
c. lower house of parliament elected by voters to four year terms.
d. lower house of parliament appointed by regional governors and legislators.
Answer: c
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A. First Amendment protections allow the U.S. government to restrict speech on the Internet. B. The United States Supreme Court restricted First Amendment protections to the Internet until 1952. C. Film was one of the first types of new media to be considered under the First Amendment. D. In 1915, the United States Supreme Court extended First Amendment protections to the movies. E. Radio and television received First Amendment protections upon their development.
James Madison was referring to the ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62 that its necessity was "indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions."
A. House of Representatives B. executive veto C. Senate D. Supreme Court
Which American president is accredited with having said, "The business of America is business"?
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt b. Franklin Pierce c. Calvin Coolidge d. John Fitzgerald Kennedy e. Thomas Jefferson
The “party organization” refers to one part of a connected three-part system that is
a. composed of those voters who identify with the party and regularly vote for its nominees. b. dedicated to electing the party’s candidates. c. only the party that is affiliated with the majority of the population. d. an alliance of current officeholders cooperating to shape public policy.