The active yet nonviolent refusal to comply with morally-objectionable laws, used by abolitionist organizations like the American Anti-Slavery Society and civil rights activists like Martin Luther King, Jr., is known as what?
A. intersectionality
B. affirmative disobedience
C. civil disobedience
D. affirmative action
E. strict scrutiny
Answer: C
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Which of the following agents is likely to affect people's attitudes and expressed political opinions in adulthood?
a. their emotional disappointments b. their personal ambition c. their jobs and experiences at work d. their decision-making capability
Which of the following policies would support the imposition of tariffs?
a. Free trade b. Imperialism c. Zero sum game d. Mercantilism e. Comparative advantage
The number of democracies worldwide
a. is declining. b. is waning. c. has not changed in nearly five decades. d. is beginning to level off from earlier progress. e. is on the rise.
An independent press plays an indispensable role in maintaining a representative democracy for which of the following reasons?
a. It is typically run by the journalistic elite, who are better equipped to know for whom to vote than the average citizen. b. Without reliable information about the performance of officeholders, citizens would be hard-pressed to monitor their agents, and politicians would find it difficult to communicate with their constituents. c. Otherwise consumers have few opportunities to be exposed to commercial print ads from various parties and candidates competing for elective political office. d. The government has elaborate authority to initiate prior restraint.