The author of the treatise On Civil Disobedience was ________.
a. Aristophanes
b. Socrates
c. Henry David Thoreau
d. Mohandas Gandhi
c. Henry David Thoreau
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Which of the following statements is true of the history of American political parties?
A. Political parties were embraced by America's founding fathers as a necessary element of a functioning democracy. B. The role of political parties was clearly defined by America's founders. C. Two major political factions were formed in America even before the Constitution was ratified. D. Throughout the course of American history, the major political parties have not changed their ideologies. E. The Democratic Party was the first political party in America.
Which of the following types of federalism exists when some territorial units of a federal state enjoy more extensive powers than others relative to the central government?
A. symmetric federalism B. congruent federalism C. incongruent federalism D. asymmetric federalism
Delegates to the Second Continental Congress had to confront issues that involved the problem of ______.
a. government mistrust b. state sovereignty c. representative equity d. fiscal resources
“Yellow journalism” was a term first used at the end of the 19th century that referred to
a. reliance by journalists on services to provide most of their stories, so-called because the journalists were afraid to personally go to the location in which the story was developing. b. all of the penny press papers, so-called because the paper was so cheap it yellowed within a matter of days. c. the use of outrageous and inflammatory headlines as well as sensational stories to attract readers to newspapers, so-called because of the color of ink used in the New York World’s comic strips. d. those papers published south of the Mason–Dixon line, so-called because the editors had surrendered to General Grant at the first sight of Union troops.