The powers embodied in which of the following strengthened the Congress vis-à-vis under the confederal system?
a. the oversight over the executive branch and the right to print money
b. the commerce and the necessary-and-proper clauses
c. the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Pan
d. the Three-Fifths Compromise and judicial review
b. the commerce and the necessary-and-proper clauses
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You are also fed up with the Electoral College and want it abolished. How can this be accomplished?
a. Each state would have to ratify its own amendment and send it to Congress. b. A national referendum is required. c. Congress would need to amend the Constitution and it would need to be ratified by the required majority of states. d. Each state can choose not to select any electors.
Which actor consists of at least three nation-states?
a. Nongovernment organizations b. Red Cross c. International governmental organizations d. Transnational organizations
The decision of many nations to align with the United States instead of the Soviet Union in the early years of the Cold War is most consistent with
a. balance of power theory. b. the principle of collective security. c. balance of threat theory. d. constructivism.
In Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925), the Supreme Court struck down an amendment to the Oregon constitution aimed at prohibiting parents from sending their children to
a. day care centers. b. work in factories. c. private schools. d. None of the above is true.