In Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. the Connecticut birth control laws violated the constitutional right to privacy.
b. the Connecticut birth control laws were constitutional.
c. a right to privacy exists, but it applies only to protections against the national government, not state governments.
d. there is no right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution.
a. the Connecticut birth control laws violated the constitutional right to privacy.
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Iran's first highly centralized state with a standing army and a large administrative bureaucracy was established by
a. Ayatollah Khomeini. b. Muhammad Reza Shah. c. the Safavids. d. the Qajars. e. Reza Khan.
Which of the following statements is true of the Treaty of Westphalia?
A. The treaty failed to end the Thirty Years' War. B. The treaty established the principle that religious leaders held ultimate authority over a given territory. C. The treaty opposed the views of secular leaders. D. The treaty succeeded in spreading theocracy throughout Europe. E. The treaty served as a dividing point between the pre-modern and modern forms of political organization.
Despite benefitting from their large African American populations through increased representation in the House, former slave states took many steps to prevent African Americans from voting. Following the Voting Rights Act of 1965, many Democrats advocated creating ________________ by redrawing congressional districts that would result in more African American members of Congress.
a. race-based districts b. population density-based districts c. majority-minority districts d. whites-only districts
Which of the following is true about the political scenario in the European territories during the Middle Ages?
A. The rulers of the territories banned the system of collecting taxes. B. Warfare and taxation led to decentralization of power in the territories. C. The rulers of the territories succeeded in establishing democratic states in purely Catholic countries. D. The rulers of the territories were coercive because they controlled instruments of violence. E. Taxation reduced the chances for the construction of complex bureaucracies that characterize modern states.