Before 1978, partisanship was not a factor in Texas judicial elections because _____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Answer: Texas was effectively a one-party state.
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The type of federalism characterized by the national, state, and local governments working together to solve common policy problems is referred to as ________
A. dual federalism B. cooperative federalism C. centralized federalism D. new federalism
The term lame duck refers to
a. a chief executive representing a party other than the one in the majority in the legislature. b. an ineffective chief executive. c. a chief executive being investigated by the court or by the legislature for wrongdoing in office. d. a chief executive in the last months of his or her final term in office.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an eighteenth-century French philosopher, posited that ________
A) American democracy would end in failure B) a social contract exists between the people and government C) capitalism was a failed policy D) France would become a world superpower E) democracy was antithetical to freedom
Which of the following was part of President George Washington's administration?
A) Department of Agriculture B) Department of State C) Department of Homeland Security D) Department of Veterans' Affairs E) Department of Commerce