A system of government in which power is held by the people in that society is best de-scribed as a(n) ______.

a. autocracy
b. plutocracy
c. aristocracy
d. democracy


d. democracy

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The _____ prohibits Congress from passing laws "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

A. First Amendment B. Fourth Amendment C. Sixth Amendment D. Ninth Amendment E. Tenth Amendment

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Which of the following helps to explain why the comprehensive constitutional reform efforts of the mid-1970s failed?

A. The delegates to the constitutional convention were ordinary citizens who did not understand the deficiencies of the Texas Constitution. B. The reform effort was predicated on the need to change provisions that were hindering economic growth, but the Texas economy took off in the 1970s under the existing constitution. C. Texas could not reform its constitution without obtaining "preclearance" from the Justice Department under the Civil Rights Act. D. Special interests fought against reform because they did not want to give up the protections that the old constitution afforded them.

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It is possible to minimize disadvantages for a between subjects design

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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