The number of incarcerated persons in the United States
A. includes an equal number of African American males and females.
B. has increased requiring more prisons to be built.
C. has declined in recent years.
D. is greater in federal prisons than state prisons.
E. is growing mostly due to arrests to prevent terrorism.
Answer: B
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Which of the following is true of party activists?
a. They tend to share demographic and social characteristics between the two major political parties. b. They tend to have the same amount of information about politics as the general public. c. They are encouraged to participate by state tax laws that allow them to deduct activist-related expenses. d. They tend to be more ideological than other voters supporting a given party.
According to the text, which of the following is not considered a possible reason for the decline in our political system?
A) the decline of the United States as an economic superpower B) partisan gridlock that holds up policies moving through it C) big money in American elections D) the death of capitalism E) the rights of certain racial and ethnic groups being slowly taken away
The __________ Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence
Fill in the blanks with correct word
James Madison argued
A. for regulation of interests through a governing system of checks and balances. B. for the advocacy of self-interest free from all systems of restraint. C. against all interest groups. D. for the replacement of interest groups by formal political parties. E. for a powerful judiciary.