The _____ clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been used to launch progress in civil rights
A) ?affirmative action
B) ?equal protection
C) ?exclusionary rule
D) supremacy
E) ?separation
B
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Currently, the most accurate statement about the application of the Bill of Rights to the states is which of the following?
A. No provisions of the Bill of Rights are applied to the states. B. Some of the provisions of the Bill of Rights are still not applied to the states. C. The Bill of Rights has been added by formal amendment to the constitution of each state. D. All of the provisions of the Bill of Rights are now applied to the states.
The president has authority to appoint ambassadors without congressional consent
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The trend in federal-state relations since the 1980s can best be described as the
A) federal government assuming more financial responsibility for state programs. B) states assuming more responsibility for Social Security and Medicare. C) federal government transferring more responsibility to the states but reducing funding. D) states playing a larger role in the area of national defense and border security.
Alexis de Tocqueville in his 1835 book Democracy in America addressed, among other things, the existence of interest groups in America. What was Tocqueville's opinion of interest groups?
A) Tocqueville praised the extent to which interest group activity underpins the American democracy. B) Tocqueville was very critical of interest groups and saw them as undermining the democratic process. C) Tocqueville viewed interest groups as creating a para-democratic force that could work for good or bad. D) Tocqueville viewed interest groups as nothing more than political parties. E) Tocqueville was shocked at the negative influences and forces that these groups had over innocent citizens.