Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The central purpose of representative government is stated in the Declaration of Independence.
2. As a rule, the protection of civil rights requires positive action on the part of the government.
3. The piece of legislation that most impacted the civil rights of disabled individuals was Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
4. The cases included in arguments for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, dealt with whether it was constitutionally permissible to legally segregate African American and white children in public schools on the basis of race.
5. The main worry of Thurgood Marshall and his team in the Brown v. Board case was that the Supreme Court might disagree with the argument that African American students had been treated unfairly.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
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Which of the following statements regarding the elections and parties in Mexico is true?
a. As a nation steeped in tradition, it is not surprising that representation and participation in Mexico has not changed in a century. b. The process of electoral reform ultimately strengthened the stranglehold of the PRI on political power in Mexico. c. The electoral reforms allowed by PRI ultimately set in motion a sequence of events in which PRI lost its domination of politics in Mexico. d. The losses suffered by PRI in the 1990s forced the party to completely disintegrate and become an array of meaningless minor parties.
Which of the following instances is an example of deterrence?
a. A state develops a series of fortifications that make it impractical for neighbors to invade it. b. A state establishes a second-strike bomber fleet capable of destroying its neighbor's industrial infrastructure. c. A state establishes a first-strike bomber fleet that results in its neighbor doing the same. d. A state launches a pre-emptive strike against a neighbor that was mobilizing to invade it. e. A state launches a retaliatory strike against a neighbor that has invaded its territory.