Interest groups in the United States work through the legislative and executive branches but not the judicial branch

How is high unemployment relevant to civil conflict?

A) Unemployed young men incline naturally to unrest. B) The unemployed tend to be passive, keeping civil conflict at bay. C) Unemployed mothers, desperate for their children, tend to take to the streets. D) The unemployed tend to be uninformed about politics, and therefore rarely take part in civil conflict.

Why did Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (1985–1991) deliberately undermine the Soviet party structure?

A) The Communist Party filled government positions with opportunists, leading to corruption. B) The Communist Party fell to pressure from the West, particularly U.S. President Ronald Reagan. C) The Soviet economy weakened due to poor wheat production in the Ukraine. D) The Soviet party structure could not sustain the massive convict population occupying Siberia.