Why did Congress consider a constitutional amendment to alter the treaty process during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower?
a. President Eisenhower was signing too many executive agreements instead of sending key ones to the Senate as treaties
b. President Eisenhower was having difficulty getting treaties ratified in the Senate
c. President Eisenhower was sending more treaties to the Senate than the body was able to take under consideration
d. President Eisenhower was spending so much time on domestic affairs that he was neglecting important treaty proposals
a. President Eisenhower was signing too many executive agreements instead of sending key ones to the Senate as treaties
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a. expanding the majority party's ability to exert discipline in parliament b. weakening the power of the legislative branch by causing party fragmentation c. making it nearly impossible for party leaders to control rank and file members d. giving more than the typical amount of policymaking power to the executive branch
The first step to survey construction is to think about the purpose of the survey. This is important for all the reasons below except:
a. to prevent asking too many questions b. to prevent asking too few questions c. to remain on topic d. to anticipate possible responses
Americans largely accepted the political ideas of which philosopher, whose ideas of political change challenged British ideology?
a. Thomas Hobbes b. Patrick Henry c. John Calvin d. John Locke
Which of the following is a disadvantage of negative advertisements?
A. The more negative the television advertisements, the less likely they are to get free media coverage. B. Candidates and their campaign managers avoid negative advertisements because they do not help the candidates. C. Extreme ads may create sympathy for the candidate being attacked rather than support for the attacker, particularly when the charges against the candidate being attacked are not credible. D. They are less likely than positive ads to grab the viewers' attention and make an impression. E. They are less likely to focus on substantive political issues, and thus they do a poorer job of informing the voters about important campaign issues than positive ads do.