The "clear and present danger" doctrine is a test that is used to define the point at which free speech loses First Amendment protection

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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In 1974, the Supreme Court held that it would no longer hear most class-action suits seeking monetary damages unless 

A. the size of the monetary damages was very large. B. each and every ascertainable member of the class was individually notified of the case. C. both parties had exhausted all other legal avenues. D. the plaintiff's lawyers were not motivated primarily by profit in bringing suit. E. the defendant's lawyers were not motivated primarily by profit in bringing suit.

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The poll tax, literacy tests, and grandfather clause were all mechanisms by which

a. the North imposed its will on the South during Reconstruction. b. Republicans won most of the elections in the South. c. African Americans were able to win elected office during the Jim Crow era. d. African Americans were deprived of the right to vote.

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Which of the following is true regarding political regimes?

A. The sole cause of regime change is the need for power. B. The spread or decline of democracy is universal in terms of time and place. C. The direction of regime change is invariably positive. D. They consist exclusively of non-democratic regimes. E. They refer to the fundamental form state institutions take.

Political Science

The first ______________ in office are closely watched to see that the new president is setting the priorities that were promised during the election.

a. one hundred days b. thirty days c. two years d. three years

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