In which of the following areas did the Burger Court extend and even broaden the decisions made by the Warren Court?
A) Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
B) the rights of criminal defendants
C) desegregation and privacy
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
C
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Nuclear arms negotiations have eliminated over 80 percent of the number of nuclear weapons at the time of the Cold War
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements about income inequality in South Africa is FALSE?
a. As measured by the Gini coefficient, it is fairly high. b. Among Africans, income inequality has increased. c. It is a historic product of government policies which, during the apartheid era, means that Whites moved ahead economically at the expense of others. d. In the post-apartheid era, large numbers of Africans have been joining the richer population. e. The post-apartheid governments have sought to alleviate it by dramatically increasing public spending.
The two imperatives that structured the creation of the American presidency at the Constitutional Convention were a deep distrust of __________ and the __________
A)concentrated power; need for effective, energetic governance B)federal systems of power; need for laissez-faire governance C)indirect election of executive officials; desire for parliamentary style governance D)majority rule; need for deliberative, slow governance
The women's suffrage movement grew directly out of ______.
A. the lack of constitutional attention to women B. the antislavery movement C. the Reconstruction period D. none of these