Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority is known as which of the following?
a. tyranny of the majority
b. individual rights
c. majority rule
d. plurality principle
c
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Layla, an African American woman, is prevented from entering a public library because of the Jim Crow laws that prohibited blacks from using public facilities in the 1880s. This is an example of _____.
A. reverse discrimination B. civil disobedience C. de factosegregation D. de juresegregation E. affirmative action
Which of the following provisions did the Edict of Nantes, passed by Henry IV, entail?
A. creating a decentralized form of governance B. breaking down France into patches for warlords to look after C. setting up of a republic form of government D. giving Protestants limited religious freedoms E. banning all religious freedoms
What section of a U.S. embassy is responsible for keeping tabs on the underground happenings in the country and influencing those happenings by contacting and possibly funding local opposition groups, gathering information on hostile embassies, and fundin
a. the Central Intelligence Agency b. the economics section c. commercial and agricultural attachés d. military attachés e. the public affairs section
The Bill of Rights limits the power of which of the following?
A. The government over the rights and liberties of individuals B. The national government over the rights of the states C. State governments over the inherent powers of the national government D. National and state governments to tax individuals E. State governments to tax the national government