Only a(n) __________ court can review the decisions of a lower court
a. trial
b. administrative
c. constitutional
d. appellate
d
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What items were taxed as a result of the Revenue Act?
a. cattle b. colonial imports c. corn d. molasses e. tea
Suppose a political scientist is designing a questionnaire for a study about globalization and the American economy. Which one of these potential questions would be appropriate for a study that is taking an ideational approach to
political explanation? a. How strongly do you support or oppose protectionist policies such as tariffs and import quotas? b. Have any of your friends or family members lost their job in the past five years because of outsourcing? c. Do you think that multinational corporations have too much power over the policymaking process? d. Has your personal or household budget been impacted, either positively or negatively, by free-trade policies?
In Waltz's understanding of international politics, if State A and State B decide to cooperate for their mutual benefit, but State B finds out that State A will benefit slightly more from their cooperation, State B will __________
a. continue to cooperate as long as its own gains are high b. continue to cooperate but seek out the aid of an international institution c. stop cooperating because states are more concerned with relative gains d. stop cooperating because states are more concerned with absolute gains
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1873 consolidated several cases, commonly known as The Slaughterhouse Cases, into one ruling. What was the impact of the ruling on the Fourteenth Amendment?
A) The case strengthened the Fourteenth Amendment's protections and advanced the cause of civil rights for African Americans. B) The justices ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment was unconstitutional. C) The justices ruled that Congress had overstepped its authority in its initial passage of the Fourteenth Amendment and in the freeing of slaves in southern states. D) The ruling declared that the great body of civil rights still lay under the protection of the state governments, not the U.S. Constitution. E) The case gave the Congress all powers to decide the level and reach of civil rights in the United States.