LOBBYING AND OTHER TACTICS
What will be an ideal response?
Congress has passed several laws regulating lobbying activity, including a ban on accepting gifts, meals, or trips from lobbyists.
Congress has attempted to regulate campaign financing and political contributions by individuals, political parties, and political action committees.
Interest groups often form tax-exempt organizations, or 527 groups, to engage in various political activities.
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Who selects the president if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote?
A. The Senate B. The Supreme Court C. The House of Representatives D. None of the above
Democracies are far from immune from engaging in wars of colonial or imperial expansion. Select the answer that justifies this statement:
a. The statement is false because democracies never engage in wars over colonial or imperial expansion. b. Democracies may still engage in any type of war so long as it is not in violation of international law. c. Democracies are primarily concerned with their own strength and the strength of their opponent. d. Autocratic opponents are the weakest opponents and subject to democratic expansion.
Single-subject designs are weak in
A) external validity. B) statistical validity. C) internal validity. D) construct validity.
Under the Articles of Confederation, why was the central government continually on the verge of bankruptcy?
a. The states failed to meet their monetary obligations to the central government. b. All of its cash went to payment for soldiers during the war. c. Money went to paying bribes to the French and Spanish governments to keep them out of the war. d. The government established too many social welfare programs. e. It was funneling too much money into the states.