The ______ states that Western European party systems became frozen following the extension of universal suffrage in most countries during the 1920s.
A. Duverger’s theory
B. freezing hypothesis
C. Michels’s iron law of oligarchy
D. strategic effect of electoral laws
B. freezing hypothesis
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The right to privacy was upheld or enforced by which Supreme Court case?
a. Engle v. Vitale b. Roth v. United States c. Griswold v. Connecticut d. Wisconsin v. Yoder e. New York Times v. Sullivan
How is a middle power distinguished from a great power?
A) Middle powers can be large geographically but not highly industrialized, whereas great powers have the world's strongest economies to pay for military forces and other power capabilities. B) Middle powers can be small geographically but not highly industrialized, whereas great powers cannot be small geographically. C) Middle powers operate in a balance-of-power system, whereas great powers operate in a hegemonic system. D) Middle powers do not have nuclear weapons, whereas great powers do.
The ______ approach to incrementalism proposes that in the long run, better decisions will be made by “successive limited comparisons” of a policy choice to the status quo, and gradually adapting policies through trial and error and learning.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What was Texas's response to the federal government's order to desegregate schools in the 1950s?
A. Texas immediately rejected the order and the U.S. National Guard had to be brought in to enforce it. B. Texas launched an immediate, statewide resistance to desegregation. C. Some school districts quickly desegregated, while others resisted integration well into the 1960s. D. Texas school districts have never been legally segregated. E. Unlike much of the Deep South, Texas integrated its schools with little trouble.