One problem with multimember districts utilized in the past that caused the U.S. Supreme Court to step in is
a. more than one person was elected to represent one district.
b. they never gained popularity throughout the nation.
c. many of them overrepresented rural areas.
d. candidates can win a seat with less than a majority.
c
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Which of the following statements is true with regard to genocide?
A. Poverty is the primary cause of genocide. B. Ongoing civil wars typically eliminate the possibility of genocidal acts being committed. C. Genocides are independent of any explicit governmental pressures or political interests as they are outgrowths of civil wars. D. Genocide is characterized by a random and haphazard approach to mass murders. E. The inability or unwillingness of the international community to intervene exacerbates instances of genocide.
Before the Civil War, many southern leaders and advocates of states' rights relied on a(n) __________, which declared that each state had retained its sovereignty upon joining the United States
a. doctrine of independence b. compact of independence c. doctrine of nullification d. wide view of federalism
About half of all local government revenue is obtained from the
a. property tax. b. income tax. c. sales tax. d. payroll tax.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of realism?
a- realism favored non-fiction over fiction literature b- the civil war marked the end of American romanticism and the beginning of realism c-regionalism, a subgenre of realism, reflected the lives and language of people residing in different areas of the US d- realism reacted against romantic ideals.