In 2010, the son of a deputy police chief in China killed
two men when he hit them with his car. He was sent to prison. This demonstrates:
a. the power of social trust to reform the government to change its laws that protect elected officials while they hold office.
b. the power of the international community to pressure countries that have lower self-expression values to be more responsive to its citizens.
c. the power of social networks to pressure a government that in the past would not have prosecuted the son.
d. the power of citizens to overthrow political elites.
Answer: c
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A. The British succeeded in leading Indians to make salt independently from seawater. B. The British succeeded in preventing religious conflicts among Indians. C. The British made religion as an illegitimate identity in politics. D. The British government faced no rebellions by the Indians until the 1940s. E. The British unified the country through a large-scale government-backed program of railway and road building.
Briefly discuss specific Democratic and Republican Party reforms and assess long-term prospects for the two-party system in the United States
Answer:
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a. Marbury v. Madison (1803) b. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) c. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) d. Kilbourn v. Thompson (1881)