The incorporation doctrine makes the protections of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which of the following amendments?
a. Fourth
b. Fifth
c. Tenth
d. Fourteenth
d
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In a country that has two large political parties and one
smaller party, elections using single-member districts and plurality vote could theoretically result in: a. one party winning all the seats in the legislature with 45 percent of the vote. b. a party not winning a single seat in the legislature with 45 percent of the vote. c. the smaller party winning 23 percent of the vote and winning only 9 percent of the seats. d. one of the larger parties winning 29 percent of the votes and 40 percent of the seats.
Efforts to draw boundaries to promote the election of minorities
A) have been equally effective for blacks as for Hispanics. B) have been more effective for Hispanics than for blacks. C) have been more effective for blacks than for Hispanics. D) were more effective for blacks in the 1980s, but more effective for Hispanics in the 1990s. E) have been equally ineffective for blacks as for Hispanics.
Which of the following are suggested ways to reform the United Nations? (Choose all that apply.)
a. Decreasing the size of the Security Council b. Reducing bureaucracy c. Conferring more power to the secretary-general’s office over budgets d. Dissolving the Human Rights Council
Which of the following is a standing committee in BOTH the House and the Senate?
a. Ways and Means b. Education and the Workforce c. Environment and Public Works d. Appropriations e. Health and Welfare