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| Which of the following is NOT constitutional? |
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| Fulfilling quotas of minorities in school admissions |
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| Laws that treat men and women differently are subject to _________________________. |
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| an intermediate standard of review |
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| In Lawrence v. Texas, the Supreme Court ruled that _____________________________. |
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| state sodomy laws were a violation of the right to privacy |
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| What is the definition of strict scrutiny? |
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| A heightened standard of review used by the Supreme Court to assess the constitutionality of laws that limit some freedoms or that make a suspect classification |
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| Women gained the right to vote by a strategy of ________________________________. |
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| gaining the right to vote in states where they had support and expanding their support over time |
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| What is the definition of affirmative action? |
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| A policy of creating opportunities for members of certain groups as a substantive remedy for past discrimination |
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| The rights given blacks in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments did not really help African Americans following the Civil War because _________________________. |
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| Congress, president, and southern state governments made little effort to enforce them |
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| The Supreme Court of ________ declared that marriage was a civil right and that banning same-sex marriage violated the state's equal protection and due process clauses. |
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| Congressional policy toward Native Americans has historically varied between ______________________________________________. |
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| European style culture and encouraging self governance |
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| The Supreme Court designated race a suspect class in ____. |
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| The _______ role of interest groups is reflected in MADD's attempts to increase public awareness of problems related to drunk driving and to direct legislative attention to the issue. |
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| The likelihood that people with a shared interest will form a group is increased when each of the following occurs EXCEPT |
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| the potential members are unemployed and have a great deal of time to engage in politics. |
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| Interest groups perform all of the following roles in politics EXCEPT |
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| electing members to public office. |
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| All of the following statements concerning direct lobbying are true EXCEPT |
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| It is hard for interest groups to lobby the bureaucracy. |
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| Political action committees, or PACs, are |
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| the fundraising arm for interest groups. |
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| are much more likely to belong to groups than are citizens of other nations. |
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| Critics of campaign finance reform use the activities of 527 groups in the 2004 election as proof that |
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| campaign finance reform is ineffective because groups will always find loopholes that allow them to influence election campaigns |
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| Even though their goal is to provide a collective good, public interest groups often struggle because they |
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| are often vulnerable to the free rider problem and to disputes over whether some collective goods (like abortion or gun rights) are beneficial. |
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| The “revolving door” exists because |
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| some of the most effective lobbyists are former government officials. |
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| _____ are the type of interest group that is least likely to meet Madison’s definition of “factions.” |
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