Which of the following statements is true of labor unions?
A) In the private sector, it is compulsory for workers to join unions.
B) It is much easier to form and maintain unions in the United States than in most other industrial nations.
C) Most business owners in the United States make enormous efforts to ensure that their own businesses are unionized.
D) Today, members of organized labor make up more than 30 percent of all wage and salary workers.
E) The political power of labor unions has waned over the last several decades.
E
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Groups like the "Occupy" movement and Tea Party have galvanized sizable segments of society and will likely inspire other groups because ______.
A. organizers of social movements quickly imitate successful innovations, and each new group can draw on the experience of its predecessors B. they were able to circumvent the law without any repercussions C. they merely relied on selective incentives, not moral arguments, for its success D. it was such an elaborate failure that the other organizations could easily see what actions to avoid
Members of which of these groups can be considered opinion leaders?
a. journalists b. protesters c. voters d. poll respondents e. the segment of the American public that pays very close attention to politics
Once an amendment proposal has been successfully approved by the Texas legislature, what is required for the amendment to be ratified?
a. a three-fourths supermajority of voters in a popular election b. a two-thirds supermajority of voters in a popular election c. a simple majority of voters in a popular election d. about one-third of the voters in a popular election e. nothing, as approval of an amendment in the state legislature automatically means the amendment is also ratified
Which of the following statements is not accurate?
a. Throughout his administration, President Clinton did not show a strong desire to make ideologically based judicial appointments and instead sought to put more women and minorities on the bench. b. When selecting judges, President Truman placed a premium on personal loyalty rather than ideology. c. President Reagan selected his judicial nominees with a clear eye toward their compatibility with his own conservative philosophy. d. During their presidencies, both Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush focused on appointing moderates rather than ideological liberals or conservatives to the bench.