In the 2008 election, the Democratic Party gained a surprising 21 seats in the House of Representatives while Democrat Barack Obama won the presidency. This is an example of

The idea that the unresponsiveness of the federal government to Hurricane Katrina was

because most of the victims were Black could be called ________. a. hyperpluralist thinking b. a critique of the incompetence of FEMA c. an unfair blaming of nature for the disaster d. a pluralist interpretation of government inactivity e. a belief in an elite conspiracy

When the moderate Iranian, Mohammed Khatami,

won the presidency his reforms were blocked because real power stayed in the hands of __________. A) insurgents B) Muslim liberals C) the religious elite D) military leaders