Based on the book, the greatest threat to democracy in the United States is violence by _________________.
a. left-wing extremists. c. Al-Qaeda terrorists.
b. right-wing extremists. d. single-issue interest groups.
Question -2-This type of theory most closely linked with Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau typically provides an observation on human nature, an observation on problems that arise because of a lack of government, and recommends a best form of government.
a. Normative theory
b. Empirical theory
c. Social contract theory
d. Existentialist theory
e. Socialist theory
Question -3-In 1973, Congress adopted the _____ over the veto of President Nixon. The act was designed to limit the president's unilateral power to send troops into foreign combat.
a. International Emergency Economic Powers Act
b. Hostage Act
c. War Powers Resolution
d. None of the above is true.
Question -4-Mass unrest can be inspired by
a. increased wage stagnation. c. electoral turnover.
b. bad economic times. d. all of the above.
Question -5-Just as Galileo used science to prove Copernicus's theory that the sun was the center of the universe, so did Hobbes attempt to use science to prove the correctness of whose theory of power?
a. Peter Abelard's
b. Aristotle's
c. Francis Bacon's
d. Machiavelli's
e. Plato's
Question -6-During the Vietnam era, the Supreme Court had ample opportunity to rule on the constitutionality of the war and the concomitant use of presidential power, but it declined to do so, viewing the issue as
a. moot.
b. not ripe for review.
c. a failure to exhaust remedies.
d. a political question.
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