After the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, segregationists ________
A. criticized the local government
B. emphasized the dangers of decentralization
C. argued that the protection of civil rights was a proper function of the national government
D. continued to champion the rights of racial and religious minorities
E. feared that national officials would work for racial integration
E
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What was the law in question in the Supreme Court case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)?
a. the Affordable Care Act b. the USA PATRIOT Act c. the Social Security Act d. the Religious Exercise Act
In your American government class, you are discussing shifts in public opinion
You are asked to imagine that a recent Pew Research Center poll reported a sudden drop of 40 percentage points in the trust level that Americans have for their government. What explanation would you offer to decipher this sudden drop? a. The poll must be an indication that the public is unhappy because economic conditions are bad. b. The poll must be a reflection of people's fuzzy thinking, which occasionally turns particularly negative. c. The poll, obviously, must be exhibiting sampling error. d. The poll must be an illustration of the paradox often referred to as the miracle of aggregation. e. The poll must be a reaction to recent events that have so disturbed the public that the opinions of many were pushed in the same direction all at once.
The Texas Farm-to-Market road program was designed to provide for
a. county maintenance of county roads. b. state maintenance of county roads. c. federal maintenance of county roads. d. municipal maintenance of county roads. e. interagency maintenance of county roads.
Selection of committee chairpersons in each chamber of Congress is most often based on which of the following?
A. The party of the president B. Which party holds the majority in the chamber C. Seniority D. Balancing power between the two parties E. Longstanding traditions of assigning certain positions to members from certain districts or states