What does the balance of terror refer to?
a. The nuclear deterrence strategy that called for the dominance of offensive over defensive weapons
b. A situation in which two or more countries use the threat of nuclear weapons to deter conflicts
c. Conflicts in peripheral areas in which nuclear powers tested each other’s military capabilities and resolve
d. The combination of nuclear land-, sea-, and air-based retaliatory weapons
b. A situation in which two or more countries use the threat of nuclear weapons to deter conflicts
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What role did Governor Edmund Davis play in Texas becoming a one-party Democratic state by the 1870s?
a. He led a mass defection of the Republican Party to the Democrats, effectively crippling the Republicans. b. In the years following the Civil War, his administration took steps to ban Republicans from being elected. c. His Radical Republican administration during Reconstruction generated strong anti-Republican feelings. d. The failure of his administration to tackle unemployment was directly blamed on the Republican Party.
With respect to the commercial development of television, World War II __________
a. delayed commercial development b. expanded commercial development c. regulated commercial development d. emphasized war propaganda
A willingness to fight wars within U.S. borders or against neighboring countries, but to not fight wars in distant lands, reflects which foreign policy stance?
A) isolationism B) pacifism C) expansionism D) containment E) the Monroe Doctrine
When an organization decides to endorse and recommend that its members vote for the candidate more disposed to support their values, this is an example of
A) electioneering. B) astroturf lobbying. C) concrete lobbying. D) collective lobbying.