According to the text, the U.S. media often plays a role as which of the following?
a. analyst
b. social critic
c. watchdog
d. voice of conscience
e. dissenter
c
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Sometimes the president will directly address the American people to ask them to contact their senators and representatives in support of an important piece of legislation in a process called “going public.” Which of the following is a potential pitfall to this method?
a. Going public can be seen as presidential pressure, which undermines the democratic process. b. Going public may be more effective in rallying supporters than in gaining additional support or changing minds. c. Going public can hamper negotiation resolutions that include partisan combat. d. Going public may be too successful in mobilizing the public without them grasping the complexity of the issue.
While immigration policy is widely viewed as being under the control of the federal government, several states enacted their own immigration laws because
A) they viewed the current national immigration policy as too lenient. B) ??new immigrants had become a burden on the state's welfare budget. C) ?clarification of the national immigration policy was needed. D) ?of inaction at the national level related to immigration policy. E) ?Congress initiated legislation to allow states power to draft immigration policy.
What, according to the World Bank, is the dominant form of conflict today?
a. drug-related gang violence b. terrorist insurgencies c. recurrent civil war d. ethnic conflict