Which factor helps explain the growing resistance that presidents of recent years have faced in all their respective roles?
a. the fact that foreign policy dominates their attention
b. the fact that Americans care only about pocketbook issues, which presidents cannot affect
c. the fact that Americans, who have a persistent sense that Congress should be the center of government, are hostile to presidential leadership
d. the fact that Americans have a persistent sense that politicians can do nothing right, which constrains the ability of presidents to lead
d
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a. equality of outcome b. equality of income c. equality of opportunity d. equality of education
President Thomas Jefferson wanted _____ to be a "wall of separation between church and state."
A. the supremacy clause of Article VI B. the reserved powers clause of the Tenth Amendment C. the establishment clause of the First Amendment D. the preferred-position doctrine E. the Supreme Court
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) was a Cold War Doctrine that did all of the following except
a. prevent nuclear war between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. b. allow each side in the Cold War an enormous number of nuclear warheads. c. give each side in the Cold War second-strike capability. d. cause a nuclear war between Russian and China. e. keep the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. from going to war.
A majority of those working in the media industry are
A.) women B.) men C.) over fifty D.) under thirty