The Framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Electoral College because they __________
a. wanted a proportional representation system for the presidency
b. desired to make it impossible for candidates from large states to become president
c. wanted to encourage states to use multimember districts for their legislatures
d. did not trust the choice of president to a direct vote of the people
Answer: d
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29. In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. "separate but equal" facilities are permissible. b. states may decide for themselves whether schools should be integrated. c. states may decide for themselves whether schools should be segregated. d. segregated educational facilitates are inherently unequal. e. schools are exempt from the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A researcher conducting a study of turnout in the fifty states finds a regression coefficient of .35. This tells the researcher that ____________________.
a. Turnout increases by .35 for each one unit increase in the independent variable b. Turnout increases by .35 for each year a person ages c. Turnout decreases by .35 for each one unit increase in the independent variable d. Turnout increases by .35 for each one unit decrease in the independent variable