The idea that congressional candidates benefit from being on the ballot during a presidential election year is known as ______.
A. partisan benefit
B. the coattail effect
C. candidate efficacy
D. presidential advantage
Ans: B. the coattail effect
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According to _____, foreign countries are by definition dangerous.
A. isolationism B. moral idealism C. political realism D. pacifism E. judicial activism
What, according to the World Bank, is the dominant form of conflict today?
a. drug-related gang violence b. terrorist insurgencies c. recurrent civil war d. ethnic conflict
Broadcasting became part of the mass media after
a. the Civil War. b. the Spanish-American War. c. World War I. d. World War II. e. the Vietnam War.
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, President Bush involved the nation in a ______ war in which military might was used to challenge adversaries before they launched attacks upon the United States.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).