What was the ruling in the 1857 Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford?
What will be an ideal response?
In a 7–2 decision, a majority concurred that the federal government could not prevent slavery in the territories.
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Why does a good experiment include a control group?
a. it increases the number of people in the study, and hence, the generalizability of the results b. it gives us information about how participants would perform without experiencing the experimental treatment c. it eliminates the effects of external validity d. control groups have been an established part of scientific tradition for many decades
The expansion of state and local powers by recent presidents is commonly called ___________
a. nation-centered federalism
b. instrumental federalism
c. cooperative federalism
d. devolution
In creating a national government with a system of checks and balances, the framers of the Constitution sought to
A) eliminate any role for the judicial branch. B) limit the ability of any branch of the national government from becoming too powerful. C) ensure that governmental accountability to the public was impossible to achieve. D) make sure that the president was the nation's true leader who would get the final say about everything. E) guarantee the supremacy of the states over the national government.
Topics in American Government: The MediaClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 615 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Although social media allows increasing communication between political leaders and voters, more traditional media sources are important because they use ______ as a check on government power.
A. viewer polls B. investigative journalism C. press conferences D. blog posts