Which of the following was NOT an influence on those whoframed the constitution?
a. Plato's Republic
b. The Magna Carta
c. John Locke's Second Treatise on Government
d. The Mayflower Compact
e. The experience of locally elected colonial legislatures
E
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A historical practice in which foreign economic policies and trade were manipulated to build up a monetary surplus that could be used to finance war , __________ influences many states' foreign policies
A) nationalism B) economic growth C) lateral pressure D) mercantilism
The United States can deliver nuclear weapons
a. only by launching them from missile silos. b. only by aircraft. c. by plane and by submarine. d. by plane and by truck. e. by submarine and by truck.
The ____________ can limit or increase access to government documents
a. chief executive b. federal courts c. people d. bureaucratic leaders
Given the preference orderings listed below, what would the result be of a pair-wise contest between the spending choices education and medical?
Imagine that three city council members are trying to decide how to spend a surplus.The options currently being debated are (i) spend it on improving primary education in the municipality, (ii) spend it on improving the level of medical care offered by the local hospital, or (iii) lower local taxes and use the surplus to cover the costs of existing programs.The council employs majority rule to make its decisions.The councillors have the following preference orderings over the spending choices:
Assume that the councillors hold a round-robin tournament that pits each alternative against every other alternative in a series of pair-wise votes.The winner is the alternative that wins the most contests.Based on this information, answer the following four questions.
A. education
B. medical
C. tax cut
D. it would be a tie