The Voting Rights Act of 1965 used the red flag of ___________ percent to determine if voter suppression might be taking place in a congressional district

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The number of independent countries in the world has grown since the 1940s. 2. Most real-world cases are probably characterized by aspects of both types of transition process. 3. Glasnost was a policy created by Gorbachev aimed at liberalizing and regenerating the Soviet economy. 4. The transition to democracy that occurred in East Germany in 1989 represents but one case of a top-down transition. 5. Collective action theory focuses on forms of mass action, or “collective action,” such as the protests in East Germany in 1989.

Compared to interest groups, the boundaries of social movements are

a. the same thing; social movements and interest groups are synonymous. b. more clear. c. less clear. d. just as clear.