Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The central purpose of representative government is stated in the Declaration of Independence.
2. As a rule, the protection of civil rights requires positive action on the part of the government.
3. The piece of legislation that most impacted the civil rights of disabled individuals was Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
4. The cases included in arguments for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, dealt with whether it was constitutionally permissible to legally segregate African American and white children in public schools on the basis of race.
5. The main worry of Thurgood Marshall and his team in the Brown v. Board case was that the Supreme Court might disagree with the argument that African American students had been treated unfairly.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
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A. candidates filing for state judge positions run in nonpartisan elections B. candidates running for state judgeships take no campaign contributions C. the state legislature use a merit selection system based on a list of nominations to appoint judges to state courts D. the governor use a merit selection system to appoint judges from lists of nominees recommended by nominating commissions.
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a. 5 percent b. 10 percent c. 15 percent d. 20 percent e. 25 percent
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A) They were vetoed by Republican presidents. B) They are among the principal federal consumer laws. C) They were part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal program. D) They have nothing in common. E) They have all been declared illegal.
Which of the following was an effect of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor?
A)universal adoption of closed-shop policies B)the dissolution of the National War Labor Board C)a silencing of business?labor quarrels D)an end to political opposition to the New Deal