With the announcement by President Reagan of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or "Star Wars" policy, the United States shifted from the traditional doctrine of "massive retaliation" to a defensive posture

In ____________, the Supreme Court refused to extend Contracts Clause protection to a chartered lottery company subsequently prohibited from selling lottery tickets in Mississippi

a. Charles River Bridge Company v. Warren Bridge Company (1837) b. Stone v. Mississippi (1880) c. Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934) d. None of the above is true.

In the context ofAmerican political parties,the party in governmenthelps to organize the government's agenda by:

A. coaxing and convincing its own party members in office to vote for its policies. B. gaining the financial support of lobbyists. C. supporting nonpartisan elections. D. electing the delegates to the national party committee. E. influencing the national party chairperson to take decisions in its favor.