Most scholars believe that we have not experienced a major realignment since 1932, and this fact may help us to understand the continuing voter preference for a __________ government since that time
a. balanced
b. divided
c. federalist
d. republican
e. united
b
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What aspect of the WWI settlement did Hitler use to justify German action in Czechoslovakia?
a. There was an imposition of unsustainably heavy sanctions against Germany. b. Czechoslovakia was given large sections of German lands in the settlement. c. Czechoslovakian land was needed as a buffer against the expansionist Soviet Union. d. Union with Czechoslovakia would bring greater economic prosperity to its peoples. e. The settlement put many Germans in Czechoslovakian territory and violated their right to self-determination.
Social Security is one of the topics which legislators from both major political parties are rarely interested in challenging. Why is this?
a. The topic is far too complicated. b. Most realize that nothing would be done anyway so they are not willing to attempt any solutions. c. Often referred to as the “third rail,” to challenge Social Security in its current form is often politically fatal. d. The current system works well. e. The Social Security Administration is the largest contributor to political campaigns in the United States.
It is important to assess the similarity of the experimental and control groups before any manipulation of the independent variable in a nonequivalent control-group design because
A) if the groups are significantly different, direction of causality cannot be determined. B) the more similar the groups are, the greater control we have. C) as the similarity between groups at the beginning of the study increases, the design approaches experimental designs. D) Both B and C
Which of the following is NOT an illustration of the regional, religious, and ethnic dimensions of the Nigerian economy?
a. Christians argue that past governments have been tilted towards Muslims located in the north in terms of the distribution of economic resources, while Muslims fear that more current governments have tilted the balance towards the more Christian south. b. Because the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba dominate Nigerian politics, these groups generally receive greater benefits from government economic activity than to minority ethnic groups. c. Under British colonialism, investments were made in the infrastructure in the south thus resulting in a situation that resulted in better economic advancement in that area after independence. d. Economic decline has contributed to the rise of Muslim, but not Christian fundamentalism. e. Minority groups living in the oil-producing regions have undertaken actions, both peaceful and violent, in an effort to gain a greater share of oil revenues.