By the 1796 presidential election, just eight years after the signing of the Constitution, two political parties had formed and were actively seeking candidates to represent them in the elections. What were these first two political parties?
a. Democrats and Republicans
b. Democrats and Liberals
c. Republicans and Independents
d. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
e. Communists and Socialists
ANS: D
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a) MANOVA b) factor analysis c) t-test d) meta-analysis
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A) newspapers B) magazines C) blogs D) Web sites E) television broadcasts
Supreme Court review is granted to a case
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