During the late 1880s, Azibo, an African-American southerner, was thrown out of a train for sitting in a compartment that was reserved for white people. Which of the following laws were in favor of such incidents of segregation?
A) The Nuremberg laws
B) The canon laws
C) The Old Covenant laws
D) The Jim Crow laws
E) The sodomy laws
D
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Which of the following presidents was the first to use the radio as a medium to deliver news to the people?
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt B. Harry S. Truman C. Dwight Eisenhower D. John F. Kennedy
When the government acts like any other private citizen in a case, such as a lawsuit against a person who crashes into a mail truck, this type of law is referred to as
a. criminal law. b. public law. c. private law. d. constitutional law. e. administrative law.
Barbour and Wright believe that public opinion polls ______.
A. should make elections meaningless B. are, for the most part, reliable C. are not yet sufficiently scientific D. have mostly done away with sample bias
Why do political parties not take stronger policy positions and force their elected members to make them into law?
A. Party discipline may be high, but ideological differences continue to divide. B. Party membership is too moderate. C. Parties have no way to bind their elected officials to the party platform. D. Party powers are limited by the Constitution.