In the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case, the Supreme Court determined that ______.
A. separate but equal public conveniences were constitutionally permissible
B. segregated state law schools fell afoul of the Fourteenth Amendment
C. gender-segregated public schooling was only permissible under limited circumstances
D. grandfather clauses were an unconstitutional way of limiting the franchise
A. separate but equal public conveniences were constitutionally permissible
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__________ would be considered political patronage.
A. An agency chair hiring a consultant based on her excellent former work in the private sector B. A state representative hiring a campaign contributor to a job he knows nothing about C. A state commissioner delegating hiring duties to a human resources administrator D. A commissioner hiring an employee to a position based on her years of government experience
The biographies of Gandhi and Osama bin Laden reveal that _____
A) people with different backgrounds can choose similar forms of political action B) extremist-activists are not different from other people C) people with similar backgrounds can choose different forms of political action D) religion encourages political activism
Which of the following is most closely aligned with contemporary American liberal ideology (associated with the current Democratic Party)?
A) prefers states' rights over the rights of the federal government B) prefers that government take a more assertive role in the redistribution of economic resources C) believes that there should be no economic distinctions in society D) strongly advocates governmental regulation of morality E) advocates that government take a hands-off approach to economic matters
A researcher studying whether a member of Congress votes for or against a bill uses the member’s years of service and partisan affiliation to predict the vote. She finds a large increase in the likelihood of a no vote when a member’s service increases from four to five years. What pattern has she found?
a. Linear b. Nonlinear c. Curvilinear d. Perfect association