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The institution in which decisions are made that resolve conflicts or allocates benefits and privileges is known as __________.
What is government
100
A poll tax was used to __________.
What is make it more difficult for African Americans and poor whites to vote
100
In Smith v. Allwright (1944), the Supreme Court declared that the __________ violated the Fifteenth Amendment
What is white primary
100
Initiative, referendum, and recall are examples of __________.
What is direct democracy
100
Democracy in the United States derives its powers from __________.
What is citizens
200
Thomas Paine’s work, Common Sense, was important for both his ideas and his __________.
What is ability to make the arguments in plain language for the readers
200
Pluralist theory proposes that people’s interests are protected by __________.
What is interest groups
200
The principle of checks and balances is based on the theory that __________.
What is a government that is inherently weak is preferable to one that is overbearing
200
The controversy surrounding affirmative action programs has manifested in __________.
What is state ballot initiatives that have permitted voters to approve laws banning state-sponsored affirmative action efforts
200
The First Amendment’s free exercise clause means that __________.
What is people can believe whatever they want, but they cannot practice beliefs that are harmful to the public welfare
300
A similarity that exists between the states of Pennsylvania and Georgia during the time of the American Revolution and the state of Nebraska today is that all __________.
What is adopted a unicameral legislature
300
After 9/11, the government of the United States acted in a manner that __________.
What is emphasized security over liberty
300
The theory that individuals form communities by mutual consent, giving up some of their individual liberty in order to gain the protection of government is known as __________.
What is social contract
300
The NAACP chose to start challenging separate-but-equal policies in education within law schools, because __________.
What is states would find establishing separate professional schools for African American students too expensive and would view integration as the best alternative
300
The Supreme Court has not defined obscenity, leaving instead this determination to __________.
What is local and state authorities
400
The responsibility of deporting unauthorized immigrants lies with the executive branch of the national government and change to immigration policy must __________.
What is occur in Congress
400
Federal preemptions allow Congress to impose national priorities on states through national legislation, a power that is rooted in the Constitution’s __________.
What is supremacy clause
400
A component of the Lemon test includes determining whether __________.
What is government involvement advances a particular religion
400
The federal government began to apply the Bill of Rights to the states __________.
What is after the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment
400
Exceptions to the Miranda rule exist but a larger threat to its continuing survival is __________.
What is the use of digital cameras to record interrogations
500
Constitutional amendments can be ratified by a positive vote by __________.
What is three-fourths of state legislatures
500
The principle of privileges and immunities was incorporated into the Constitution to ensure that __________.
What is state governments would not discriminate against another state’s citizens
500
The Declaration of Independence was necessary to __________.
What is establish the legitimacy of the new nation in the eyes of the governments in Europe and those of the colonists
500
The Supreme Court case Kelo v. City of New London surprised many with the court’s ruling on__________.
What is eminent domain
500
The Supreme Court decision in __________was the first since the New Deal that the Court ruled to limit congressional power by claiming Congress had exceeded its authority under the commerce clause.
What is United States v. Lopez
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