As a result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon _______
a. was impeached by the House of Representatives
b. was prosecuted for felonies in the Senate
c. resigned to avoid impeachment and a Senate trial
d. became the only president to be impeached
c
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Which of the following helps to explain why the comprehensive constitutional reform efforts of the mid-1970s failed?
a. The delegates to the constitutional convention were ordinary citizens who did not understand the deficiencies of the Texas Constitution. b. The reform effort was predicated on the need to change provisions that were hindering economic growth, but the Texas economy took off in the 1970s under the existing constitution. c. Texas could not reform its constitution without obtaining "preclearance" from the Justice Department under the Civil Rights Act. d. Special interests fought against reform because they did not want to give up the protections that the old constitutionafforded them.
During the struggle to ratify the Constitution, those who favored ratification were known as Antifederalists.
a. true b. false
According to both Marxist and realist-based approaches to world politics, powerful states sponsor international organizations in order to ______.
a. promote cooperation to reduce conflict b. maintain the appearance of diplomacy c. provide cover for illicit activity d. control the behavior of less-powerful members
All the amendments to the Constitution have been proposed by:
A. a vote by one-third of the state legislatures. B. a vote by three-fourths of the state legislatures. C. a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. D. a three-fourths vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. E. a three-fourths vote in the House of Representatives.