In the case of Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014), the Court held that the practice of opening government meetings with a prayer did not violate the establishment clause because __________
a. the law had a secular purpose and did not aid religion
b. the prayers were explicitly nondenominational –
c. the practice was long-standing and no group was prevented from offering a prayer or forced to participate
d. the town was exclusively Christian and as such there was no need to keep church and state separate
c
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Although the characterization of Asian Americans as the model minority presupposes that they do not experience discrimination in the United States, ________________.
A. they often experience the same kinds of explicit racism that other minorities face such as public shaming and hostility B. they experience discrimination in alternate manners such as community exclusion and social dismissal C. they are subjected to many discriminatory experiences such as racial profiling and disproportionate arrest rates D. they are subjected to many discriminatory experiences such as hegemonic skin tone ideologies
During World War I, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Charles T. Schenck, ruling that government can limit speech that __________
a. is critical of the government b. is a prior restraint c. creates a clear and present danger d. qualifies as hate speech
A major characteristic of America's two major parties is that they
a. are highly centralized, with strong national organs exercising heavy influence over weaker state party organizations. b. tend to be single-interest parties that avoid becoming multiinterest coalitions. c. are coalitions, gaining support from varied segments of the population. d. avoid taking moderate political positions in order to attract voters. e. are always more powerful at the local level than at the national level.
The set of relationships among the world's states, structured according to __________, is referred to as the international system.
A. globalization B. how power is distributed C. certain rules and patterns of interaction D. transnational trade agreements