President Andrew Jackson chose Roger Taney to be the successor to Chief Justice John Marshall for which of the following reasons?

a. Taney, like Jackson, was an advocate of states’ rights.
b. They had been friends since law school.
c. Jackson looked for someone who would continue the strong federalist leanings of John Marshall.
d. Jackson looked for someone who would take a more federalist-leaning outlook than Marshall.

a. Taney, like Jackson, was an advocate of states’ rights.

Political Science

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a. Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights b. Organization of American States c. Inter-American Commission d. Institute of Latin American States

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Path analysis cannot be used when a causal model has one or more feedback loops. 2. The total effect in path analysis is the difference between the direct and indirect effects. 3. Structural equation models are nonrecursive models. 4. The simplest forecasting method is to forecast the immediate future as a replica of the past and present. 5. The technique of trend extrapolation analyzes the pattern of past trends.

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