Procuring vital raw materials, protecting citizens traveling overseas, keeping trade markets open, and protecting firms operating in other countries are all functions that leaders perform to advance which of the following?

All of the following statements regarding China in the 21st century are true except for?

a. China is a fast growing economy. b. China supports economic development projects in Africa and Latin America. c. China lays claim to island chains in the South China Sea belonging to Vietnam and the Philippines, signaling a willingness to assert its geostrategic interests. d. China will never be in a position to be a major global military and political power.

Which of the following was responsible for increasing the number of minorities in Congress?

A. the Civil War B. the 1982 Voting Rights Act C. the 1964 Civil Rights Act D. the 17th Amendment