The earliest method used to select candidates for public office in the United States was the
a. mixed caucus.
b. legislative caucus.
c. primary system.
d. convention system.
e. direct primary system.
Answer: B
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An advantage of proportional representation voting is that it
A. occurs more frequently than plurality voting. B. allows an individual to vote more than once. C. is more accurate of public opinion than plurality, district based voting. D. requires a clear majority of votes to win.
The _____ overruled the Supreme Court's decision in Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Company (1895) where the Court invalidated a federal law that imposed a tax on incomes over $4,000 per year
a. Fourteenth Amendment b. Fifteenth Amendment c. Sixteenth Amendment d. Seventeenth Amendment
A security arrangement guided by the principle that an act of aggression by any state will be met by a collective response from the rest is known as
a. the Kellogg-Briand Pact. b. a self-help system. c. geopolitics. d. collective security. e. alliance building.
Which of the following does NOT define a power relationship between states and a federal government?
a. Pluralism b. Devolution c. Dual federalism d. States' rights e. Confederation