The assassination of which president provided much of the impetus for civil service reform?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) William McKinley
C) John F. Kennedy
D) James A. Garfield
E) Warren Harding
D
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Why did the Framers include the Necessary and Proper Clause in the Constitution?
a. To empower Congress to pass laws needed to carry out the expressed powers b. To limit congressional powers to those expressly states in the Constitution c. To define the scope of the inherent powers of Congress d. To set forth those powers considered necessary to the States
Gideon v. Wainwright, which established the right of all criminal defendants to have an attorney at trial, was filed __________
Fill in the blanks with correct word
Which of the following statements about gerrymandering today is accurate?
a. Democrats have a significant advantage because their irregular voters can easily be mobilized so that makes Republican House members more vulnerable. b. The adoption of nonpartisan commissions has wiped out any partisan advantage so every congressional district is competitive. c. Even with gerrymandering, House election results generally do not follow partisan leanings of the district because of ticket splitting. d. Republicans have an advantage because their regular voters are distributed more efficiently across House districts so fewer votes are wasted in highly skewed districts.
Representative democracy
a. is inherently tyrannical. b. is antithetical to American democracy. c. works best in very small towns. d. is a system of representation in which a small number of people champion the various interests of the larger community. e. is a decision making process in which over half the voters agree on an issue yet the entire group accepts the decision.