Compared with other industrialized nations, the United States ranks ______ in voter participation.
A. near the bottom
B. in the top quarter
C. among the very highest
D. in the middle
Answer: A. near the bottom
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A) Assigns participants to conditions based on participants' pre-existing characteristics. B) Manipulates the conditions. C) Studies a single group or condition. D) Computes the direction and strength of relationships among variables.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the states faced a classic prisoner's dilemma for which of the following reasons?
A. Great Britain and the United States could not figure out how to jointly share power in an effective manner. B. The efficiency of the design of government meant no free riding occurred among the states. C. Individuals paid federal income taxes, but the states were not required or expected to contribute troops to the war effort. D. With no enforcement mechanism in place, no state would contribute its share of the revenue so long as it suspected other states might not meet their obligations.