The transformation of newspapers into instruments of mass communication meant that
a. newspapers became much more expensive than ever before.
b. politicians no longer needed to be concerned with what was printed in any given newspaper’s opinion columns because there were so many competing newspapers.
c. politicians frequently found themselves bowing to powerful editors and publishers.
d. the public no longer got its political news from the newspapers.
c. politicians frequently found themselves bowing to powerful editors and publishers.
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The major obstacle to developing a definitive standard for obscenity cases is that obscenity is
a. very popular. b. very difficult to define. c. very rare. d. clearly protected under the First Amendment. e. none of the above.
Which of the following defends the idea that Americans have natural rights?
a. the Thirteenth Amendment b. the Declaration of Independence c. the Articles of Confederation d. the consent of the governed e. the will of the people
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created
a. to protect Western Europe from Soviet invasion following World War II. b. to protect Japan from China following World War II. c. to defend the United States from a nuclear attack. d. to stop the spread of communism in South East Asia. e. as a way of combating terrorism after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Which of the following sets of factors affected the development of warfare the most in the 20th century?
a. MAD and NUTS b. Technology and morality c. Power and armies d. Hegemony and weapons e. Only technology