In a 2008 study of 2,500 adult Americans, how many could not name one power of the federal government?
a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 51 percent
d. 62 percent
e. 98 percent
ANS: B
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After the alliance between them collapsed, how did the Communists avoid the suppression of the Nationalists?
a. They allied themselves with the invading Japanese Army. b. They undertook a 6000-mile march to a remote area of the country. c. They initiated a guerrilla war against the Nationalists. d. They escaped to Taiwan and established an alternative government. e. They disbanded and faded into the population.
In the early 1800s the Democratic-Republican Party was the dominant force in American politics. Its only rival, the Federalist Party, was quickly losing power and prestige. It seems that the Democratic-Republicans would then have control to enact all that they wanted. Instead, what happened?
a. The government banned political parties and the Democratic-Republicans lost their dominance. b. The Federalist Party regrouped and ousted the Democratic-Republicans from power. c. Factions began to appear within the ranks of the Democratic-Republicans which would eventually lead to a split and formation of a new party. d. The Democratic-Republican leadership graciously agreed to voluntarily share power with weaker political parties. e. The Whig Party was created and it rose rapidly to overshadow the Democratic-Republicans.
Senatorial courtesy, used today in the selection of ________, gives a senator the right to veto an appointment to when the senator and nominee are from the same home state.
A. Senate Judiciary Committee members B. state courts of appeals judges C. state high court judges D. Supreme Court justices E. district court and courts of appeals judges
The first document to limit the power of the monarch was the
a. Magna Carta b. Declaration of Independence c. Communist Manifesto d. American Constitution