The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) provided a challenge to the Constitution's _____.
A. elastic clause
B. supremacy clause
C. necessary and proper clause
D. full faith and credit clause
E. commerce clause
Answer: D
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High levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have been attributed to the use of fossil fuels and rapid deforestation in Africa, South America and Asia
A. True B. False
Which of the following statements is the most accurate account of what political scientists believe today about individuals' acquisition of political party identification?
a. Individuals do not identify with a political party until they reach voting age. b. Individuals identify with a political party during adolescence when they begin learning about government and politics in high school. c. Children identify with the political party of their parents and maintain that party identification throughout their lives. d. Although children identify with the party of their parents, young adults often change their party identification. e. Individuals never change party identification once they reach ten years of age.
Which of the following changes would realists
focus on most when trying to explain the 1973 change in the regime governing oil? a. Increased costs of military action against states in the Middle East as a result of the rise of nationalism in the region b. The obsolescing bargains of multinational corporations with the producer countries c. The increase in the effectiveness of OPEC as a cartel d. Oil companies' action to redistribute the world's traded oil e. The entrance of new, smaller transnational corporations in the oil market
In the years following the revolution, the American states and the government they created struggled against ______.
a. financial crisis, the fear of foreign invasion, and the threat of internal discord b. British interference, strong national leadership, and state oppression against citizens c. weak state governments, federal military oppression, and rising currency values d. a dictatorial executive, a strong national military, and weak state powers