In the days, weeks, and months that followed Hurricane Katrina, residents of the Gulf Coast were looking to the ______ to step in and lead the recovery effort.

When the news media dig up facts and warn the public about corrupt public officials, the media are playing which of the following roles?

What will be an ideal response?

A provision protecting freedom of speech was rejected during the Constitutional Convention on the grounds that

A) regulating speech was the responsibility of the states. B) the Declaration of Independence already discussed this freedom. C) it was no longer needed after the Revolutionary War. D) free speech is covered by the right to a free press in the Constitution. E) free speech would threaten the new government.