Which of the following would be an action for which ethnic lobbyists might advocate by putting pressure the federal government?
a. to open trade with a country that is controlled by a dictator who has committed human rights violations
b. to increase spending for research on race relations in America at an African American university
c. to support and supply foreign aid to a country even if it disrupts American relations with other nations that are at odds with that country
d. to lower tariffs on products imported from another country that are needed to manufacture a product in the United States in order to save American jobs
e. to investigate possible damage to the U.S. economy because a new treaty with another country is causing American employers to move jobs to that country
c
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The Equal Rights Amendment
a. pitted the interests of men against women so there were not enough votes for ratification. b. pitted the interests of urban, upper-class women against working-class women, so the movement was divided. c. pitted African American women against White women over fears that the ERA would erase the gains of the civil rights movement. d. pitted feminists against antiabortion groups that produced a contentious debate, and the time for ratification expired.
What are intergovernmental organizations?
a. Formal, nonprofit, voluntary organizations whose memberships are composed of individuals organized around specific issues or common concerns. b. Formal, international public bodies whose members are nation-states. c. International organizations that operate beyond the national boundaries of their member states. d. Informal international organizations that are active in public life through the expression of their members’ values and interests.