In the Are You Equipped Now at the end of the chapter, the authors of the textbook identified ______ threats to internal validity?

Which of the following is true about the political scenario in the European territories during the Middle Ages?

A. The rulers of the territories banned the system of collecting taxes. B. Warfare and taxation led to decentralization of power in the territories. C. The rulers of the territories succeeded in establishing democratic states in purely Catholic countries. D. The rulers of the territories were coercive because they controlled instruments of violence. E. Taxation reduced the chances for the construction of complex bureaucracies that characterize modern states.

The Supreme Court has adopted the doctrine of _____________ as a method of deciding whether certain provisions of the Bill of Rights are applicable to the States

a. total incorporation b. selective incorporation c. incorporation plus d. None of the above is true.