The rights and liberties enjoyed in the United States are found in
A. the Articles of Confederation.
B. the Bill of Rights.
C. the Constitution as originally written.
D. the Constitution as originally written AND the Bill of Rights.
E. the Declaration of Independence.
Answer: D
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After the 2012 reelection of Barack Obama, as well as the 2014 midterm elections, the United States has continued to experience
A) ?widespread partisan unity. B) ?divided government. C) strong bipartisan cooperation. D) a governing mandate for the Republican Party. E) a governing mandate for the Democratic Party.
Which of the following statements about regional tensions during the drafting of the Constitution is LEAST accurate?
A. Northern interests wanted to ensure that the new government would have adequate power to regulate international commerce. B. Although the South had by far the largest number of slaves, slavery was legal in every state at the time that the Constitution was written. C. The delegates eventually agreed to count three-fifths of the enslaved population for purposes of representation and taxation. D. In order to appease largely agricultural states, the Constitution prevented the government from banning the international slave trade until at least 1808. E. Southern agriculturists managed to win a concession that the new government would have no power to tax exports.
Effective counterfactual reasoning should be related to a body of theory because
a. theories provide coherence and organization to our thoughts and help avoid random guessing. b. doing so reduces the risk of anachronism. c. using theories shortens the chain of causation. d. a good "virtual history" must be based on a specific theory. e. introducing randomness helps avoid bias stemming from the analyst's personal experiences.
In the League of Nations Covenant, the concept of state sovereignty was tied to international law by __________
a. limitations on that sovereignty, with arbitration of disputes now required under international law b. the fact that international law now acted as a constraint against encroachment against state sovereignty, accepted and respected by all members c. the unambiguous threat of force against members who violated the sovereignty of other members d. allowing for international recognition of sovereignty, as a well as surrendering some sovereignty among members to a world government in exchange for collective security