In 1976, what Supreme Court decision held that the death penalty was not inherently cruel and unusual punishment?
a. Gregg v. Georgia
b. Furman v. Georgia
c. Barker v. Wingo
d. Gideon v. Wainwright
a
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The age of automation and the rise of the service sector have
A. led to increased power for labor unions. B. eliminated the need for interest groups for workers. C. led to an increase in the percentage of blue-collar workers in the total working population. D. led to attempts to unionize migrant farm workers, service workers, and public employees. E. caused the collapse of all labor interest groups.
Which of the following is Answer: True about the California delegation after the 2016 congressional elections?
a. Democrats outnumber Republicans. b. Republicans outnumber Democrats. c. The delegation now is evenly split. c. The balance of power is held by the Tea Party.
The institution of sharecropping __________
a. created an economic system that rewarded hard work b. provided each free slave with the rewards promised by emancipation c. created a vicious cycle in which poor black farmers were mired in debt and poverty d. provided former slaves with “forty acres and a mule”
Which type of government is limited by rule of law in its power over the liberties of individuals?
a. a monarchy b. an authoritarian government c. an oligarchy d. a constitutional government