Which term describes the type of tax that places the greatest burden to pay by the poor?
a. Progressive
b. Retrograde
c. Regressive
d. Elastic
c
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Which branch of government has come to have the greatest role in determining what is and is not constitutional?
a. The executive branch b. The legislative branch c. The congressional branch d. The judicial branch
A writer's audience that is interested in a detailed description of the research process is the
A) expert professionals and scholars audience. B) public audience. C) instructor audience. D) management audience.
Which of the following scenarios exemplifies Lockean anarchy?
a. State A and state B are friends, trading together without worrying about violence. b. State A is a rival of state B, but the two sometimes cooperate and sometimes have conflict. c. State A must obtain more weapons or state B will invade it. d. State A and state B decide to peacefully merge to form one unified state.
In the case of United States v. Virginia (1996), the Supreme Court ruled that
A. colleges affiliated with a particular religion could not take the religious persuasion of job candidates into consideration during the hiring process. B. strict racial quotas were a valid means of ensuring racial diversity on college campuses. C. private colleges could refuse to admit prospective students on the basis of sexual orientation. D. male-only admissions policy at a state-supported military academy was unconstitutional. E. because female instructors created an undue distraction at all-male universities, the schools in question could discriminate against women in their hiring practices.