“Three strikes” laws required a minimum of ______ for individuals convicted of three felonies.
a. twenty-five-year sentences
b. fifty-year sentences
c. the death penalty
d. life sentences
a. twenty-five-year sentences
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Which of the following was a primary argument against air strikes on the Russian missile sites in Cuba in 1962?
a. Air strikes would do irreparable damage to the Western alliance. b. There was no guarantee that the U.S. Air Force could destroy all the missiles. Thus, air strikes could expose the United States to nuclear retaliation. c. Kennedy and his advisers feared impeachment if air strikes failed. d. Kennedy did not want to risk pilot casualties in an air strike.
System-level explanations of war suggest that the following conditions increase the probability of militarized conflict
a. Polarized alliances b. An unstable hierarchy of states c. Widespread democracy among states d. Both options a and c are true. e. Both options a and b are true.
In which case did the Supreme Court eventually abandon the clear and present danger test and replace it with the imminent danger test; a standard that is much more protective of free speech?
a. Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), when the court overturned the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan leader who advocated violence b. Dennis v. United States (1951), when the court upheld convictions of numerous communist defendants c. Lee v. Weisman (1992), when the court ruling stopped the practice of reading prayers at school’s graduation ceremonies d. Engel v. Vitale (1962), when the court overturned a school’s policy of having each class recite a nondenominational religious prayer
A realist would agree that political authority or international organizations can establish universal rules of good conduct and punish nations that break those acts
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.