Affirmative action policies are designed to __________
A) perpetuate the checks and balances between branches of government
B) allow the president to reinstitute the military draft
C) force Congress to make decisions in a timely manner
D) ensure greater participation by minorities
E) give more decision-making power to the people
Answer: D
You might also like to view...
How does this photograph of black teenager Elizabeth Eckford trying to enter the all-white Central High School in 1957 most contradict the traditional image of the 1950s?
A) The photograph shows that racial integration was peaceful in a decade of turmoil. B) The photograph demonstrates that teenagers were civically engaged in a time of complacency. C) The photograph reveals that people in the 1950s took divergent political paths in a time of unanimity. D) The photograph challenges the image of the 1950s as a tranquil period of ideological consensus.
What kinds of things were written on the Shang “oracle bones?”
a. hymns to the gods b. questions about the future c. records of trade transactions d. poems about nature e. recipes for bronze alloys
Archimedes
A) is considered to be the greatest Greek mathematician. B) calculated the approximate value of pi. C) invented an irrigation device known as ' screw. D) considered ordinary things as ignoble and vulgar. E) All of these
Why are the Habsburgs significant in the late medieval period?
A) They seized control of a feuding Bohemia, extending their economic power towards eastern Europe. B) They displaced the familial dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. C) This dynasty began as feudal lords and built a power base through marriage and vassalage that created a worldwide empire. D) They were luckier than any other dynasty in the world. E) They reigned longer than any dynasty in the history of Europe.