Under which of the following circumstances would the House of Representatives be most likely to select the president because the Electoral College did not produce a majority winner?
a. during wartime
b. when the public is particularly distrustful of government
c. when there are three or more candidates receiving Electoral College votes
d. when the public is polarized by party
c
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Which of the following is a confederation?
a. the United States b. the United Nations c. Great Britain d. China
Which of the following provides the best evidence for the claim that America's soft power waned during the first decade of the twenty-first century?
A. President Obama's attempts to negotiate with adversaries and increase collaboration with allies B. the mix of diplomatic pressure, multilateral sanctions, and International Atomic Energy Agency inspections used to deter nuclear weapons in North Korea C. international opposition to the invasion of Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, and the perceived unilateralism of President Bush D. the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon