Every four years, parties write a statement of their positions on the major issues of the time. These are called
A) platforms.
B) positions.
C) talking points.
D) rhetoric.
E) political statements.
A
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a. increased antigovernment sentiments b. increased individualism c. allowing businesses to have more political influence d. stronger labor unions
The gradual decline in the quality of teachers is the result of a. university and college education programs that place more emphasis on educational methodology (how toteach) rather than on substantive knowledge in their specialized fields
b. changes in the jobs available to women, who once had fewer opportunities in the workplace other thanteaching, nursing, or clerical work. c. the elevated expectation for teachers. d. All of these choices.
As of 2006, members of the House and Senate received salaries of $250,000 a year
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Concerned by the overcrowding in prisons, federal judges issued orders in the 1990s calling for either immediate improvement or the release of people being held in conditions that violate the ________ Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual
punishment. A. Fifth B. Eighth C. Second D. Sixth E. First