Identify the primary features of the Virginia Plan, discuss the stalemate between the small states and the large states, and explain how the Great Compromise helped give us the Congress that we have today.
What will be an ideal response?
? The plan called for a strong national union.? It provided for a separation of powers.? It suggested a bicameral legislature.? It proposed one branch of the legislature to be directly elected and the second to be chosen by state legislatures.? Executive and members of the national judiciary were to be chosen by the national legislature.? A council of revision could veto legislation (which could be overridden).? There would be a bicameral national legislature.? The House of Representatives would be directly elected by the people and membership would be based on population (larger states would have more members). The Senate would be selected by state legislatures and members would be based on equality (each state would have two Senators).
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The diversity of opportunities for policy practice, result in a greater need for:
a. Versatility. b. Formally sanctioned projects. c. Policy advocates who are also social workers. d. Concentration on a single style of policy making.
The Office of Management and Budget assists the president in preparing the annual budget that is submitted to Congress
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
While many international relations specialists may see economic globalization and the information revolution as creating a new, less state-centered world order, some nativist or nationalist politicians, as well as Islamic fundamentalists, see that as
__________. a. an opening for Western elites to dominate the world b. an opening to successfully spread their messages of authoritarian rule and fear of outsiders to a less secure world c. a signal for them to argue for a restoration of state power d. signaling a need to undertake more violent, and possibly genocidal, initiatives against certain demographic groups
Using fictitious states, give an example that shows dependency theory.
What will be an ideal response?