Which of the following is not a major reason for the dominance of a two-party system in the United States?
A) the use of the electoral college to select presidents
B) winner-take-all elections to Congress
C) the ideologically moderate stance of most Americans
D) the illegality of parties that are openly communist, racist, or xenophobic
E) a system of laws that benefits the two major parties
D
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The Senate first invoked cloture to end a filibuster of the debate over
A. whether to enter War World I or not. B. the Treaty of Versailles. C. the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. D. the Spanish-American War. E. the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The power of the Supreme Court to invalidate unconstitutional acts of Congress was first implied in
a. Hylton v. United States (1796). b. Marbury v. Madison (1803). c. Eakin v. Raub (1825). d. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857).
Presidents are more likely to justify the use of executive orders to force legislation that is popular with the people but not with members of Congress.
A. True B. False