During the 1980s and 1990s, the Supreme Court ______ protections for the rights of the accused under due process of law.
A. decreased
B. damaged
C. increased
D. eliminated
Ans: C. increased
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The transfer to state governments of environmental policy will weaken for all of the following reasons except:
A. Broad political base B. Severe staffing problems C. The perception of communication barriers between state and federal authorities D. Conflict between states
Explain how the Supreme Court interpreted the Ninth Amendment to decide the Griswold v. Connecticut case.
What will be an ideal response?
Although Congress passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, in 2007 women on average earned
a. 95 cents for every dollar a man received. b. the same as their male counterparts. c. 81 cents for every dollar a man received. d. 50 cents for every dollar a man received. e. $1.10 for every dollar a man received.
The rise of nationalism may have made it harder for European powers to cut up countries like cheese, but leaders including Bismarck came to adapt in part by __________
a. making nationalistic appeals in an instrumental fashion to accomplish the same goals b. effectively keeping nationalism at bay through containment policies developed through the “concert” systems c. accepting domestic interventions in order to keep destabilizing regimes from being established d. providing more territorial compensation to areas that were taken for balance-of-power reasons