Responsibility for nominating presidential candidates during the first party system rested with the
a. individual candidates.
b. party conventions.
c. state nominating conventions.
d. parties’ legislative caucuses.
d. parties’ legislative caucuses.
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Which of the following was enacted by Congress to preserve civil rights?
a. The Trade Act b. No Child Left Behind c. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act d. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
A latent interest is
A. a major, stated interest of an interest group. B. a policy interest of an interest group. C. a constitutional interest of an interest group. D. the same as a solidary incentive. E. an interest not recognized or addressed by a group at a particular time.
A government decree that a person is guilty of a crime, rendered without benefit of a trial, is known as __________.
A. an ex post facto law B. a habeas corpus violation C. a bill of attainder D. double jeopardy
After World War I, many senators favored international engagement but opposed the League of Nations for fear that it would
a. give the president too much power by granting him a vote in the League without congressional input. b. give the United States too low of a profile on the international stage. c. require an economic commitment to restructuring nations in which the United States had no interest. d. subject American citizens to a European despot. e. threaten congressional war powers by committing them in advance to defend other nations in the League.