Identify and describe the two main positions concerning the separation of church and state.

What will be an ideal response?


Separationists believe that there should be a wall of separation between church and state. Accommodationists believe that the state should accommodate religion without showing a preference for one religion over another.

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a. Social Security  b. SNAP (food stamps)  c. military spending  d. Medicare 

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An advertisement that addresses a particular topic but does not specifically mention words like “vote for” or “reject” is called a(n)

a. direct mailing. b. incumbency advantage. c. issue-advocacy advertisement. d. mandate. e. section 527 advertisement.

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What is the main reason that the number of defense contracted employees went down during the Obama administration?

A. The U.S. role in Iraq was reduced. B. The Cold War with Russia ended. C. The United States pulled out of Afghanistan. D. The United States reduced its presence on the Korean Peninsula. E. Great Britain left the European Union.

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In 1945, what competing ideologies shaped the international relations system?

a. balance of power and collective security b. communism and capitalism c. liberalism and realpolitik d. raison d'état and individual rights e. socialism and conservatism

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