When did party conventions come into existence?
a. in 1791, after ratification of the Constitution
b. in the 1830s and 1840s
c. in the early twentieth century, during the Progressive Era
d. during the New Deal of the 1930s
b
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How did the Articles of Confederation affect America's territories west of the Appalachian Mountains?
a. The federal government was able to easily force the British out of American territory, opening the way for settlement. b. The Articles promised statehood to any region west of the Appalachians that attained a population of 50,000. c. The federal government's military weakness along its frontiers kept the land value low. d. Each state ceded its territorial claims to land west of the Appalachians, giving the federal government great power in the territories.
This is used by the federal government to force states to adopt any particular policy by threatening to withhold government funds
a. dual federalism c. cooperative federalism b. coercive federalism d. picket-fence federalism
Who or what controls the timing of primary elections?
A. the Federal Election Commission B. the Supreme Court C. registered voters D. national party organizations E. the states
Imagine that an analyst is interested in understanding why civil wars occur. If the analyst chooses to study some cases in which civil war occurred (Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia. and some cases in which they did not (Belgium, Italy, Switzerland), then he is using
A. Mill’s Method of Agreement. B. Mill’s Method of Difference. C. Mill’s Method of Agreement and Method of Difference.