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Questão 1 de 48

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__________ is best defined as a set of beliefs that include a limited role for the national government in helping individuals and in the economic affairs of the nation, and support for traditional values and lifestyles.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Capitalism

  • Conservatism

  • Progressivism

  • Liberalism

  • Socialism

Explicação

Questão 2 de 48

1

Generally, government serves at least three essential purposes: it resolves conflict, it defends the nation and its culture against other nations, and it __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • directs the creation of critical infrastructure

  • regulates industry

  • enforces the law

  • provides a national currency

  • provides public services

Explicação

Questão 3 de 48

1

The founders of the United States believed that direct democracy __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • would require too many elections

  • might lead to voter apathy

  • would deteriorate into mob rule

  • might cost too much to operate

  • would ignore the opinions of the majority

Explicação

Questão 4 de 48

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Most politicians who might have called themselves __________ in the past have labeled their philosophy progressivism instead.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • socialists

  • liberals

  • libertarians

  • conservatives

  • tea partiers

Explicação

Questão 5 de 48

1

The term theocracy means

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • "rule by the people"

  • "rule by the best"

  • "government by the wealthy"

  • "rule of law"

  • "rule by the deity"

Explicação

Questão 6 de 48

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__________ has a constitutional monarch.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • North Korea

  • The United States

  • China

  • The United Kingdom

  • Iran

Explicação

Questão 7 de 48

1

__________ defines politics as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • President James Madison

  • North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

  • Political Philosopher John Locke

  • President Lyndon Johnson

  • Political Scientist Harold Lasswell

Explicação

Questão 8 de 48

1

The Magna Carta clearly established the principle of __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • theocracy

  • a right to privacy

  • totalitarianism

  • limited government

  • divine right

Explicação

Questão 9 de 48

1

__________ can best be defined as the individuals and institutions that make society's rules and also possess the power and authority to enforce those rules.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • A republic

  • Government

  • Parliament

  • Democracy

  • Autocracy

Explicação

Questão 10 de 48

1

The word democracy comes from the Greek demos, meaning __________, and kratia, meaning __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • "demonstrate"; "power"

  • "mob"; "rights"

  • "the people"; "rule"

  • "representative"; "congress"

  • "direct"; "elections"

Explicação

Questão 11 de 48

1

The __________ Plan that was proposed at the Constitutional Convention favored small states. It called for a legislature in which each state would have only one vote.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • New Jersey

  • New York

  • Connecticut

  • Virginia

  • Massachusetts

Explicação

Questão 12 de 48

1

America's first written constitution, the __________, called for the laws to be made by an assembly of elected representatives from each town.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Fundamental Order of Connecticut

  • Massachusetts Body of Liberties

  • Mayflower Compact

  • Pennsylvania Charters of Privileges

  • Pennsylvania Frame of Government

Explicação

Questão 13 de 48

1

In a compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention, it was agreed that each slave would count as __________ of a person in determining representation in the House of Representatives.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • one-half

  • three-fifths

  • one-third

  • two-thirds

  • four-fifths

Explicação

Questão 14 de 48

1

After the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, James Otis, Jr. __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • declared that there could be "no taxation without war"

  • wrote Common Sense

  • proposed that the colonies impose a sugar tax on Britain

  • declared that there could be "no taxation without representation"

  • wrote A Handbook for Dumping Tea

Explicação

Questão 15 de 48

1

The first permanent English settlement in North America was __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • founded in Plymouth, Massachusetts

  • the Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • in what is now Connecticut

  • in Jamestown, in what is now Virginia

  • founded in Pennsylvania

Explicação

Questão 16 de 48

1

On April 19, 1775, Redcoats fought against Minutemen in the towns of __________ and __________, the first battles of the American Revolution.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Washington; Philadelphia

  • Baltimore; Albany

  • Plymouth; Jamestown

  • Lexington; Concord

  • Boston; Richmond

Explicação

Questão 17 de 48

1

__________ classic pamphlet, Common Sense, presented a rousing argument in favor of independence and helped serve any remaining ties of loyalty to the British monarch.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Alexander Hamilton's

  • Thomas Jefferson's

  • Benjamin Franklin's

  • Roger Sherman's

  • Thomas Paine's

Explicação

Questão 18 de 48

1

For the most part, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • representative of the population as a whole

  • uneducated

  • poor

  • from the best-educated and wealthiest classes

  • ordinary farmers and merchants

Explicação

Questão 19 de 48

1

The president checks Congress by __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • exercising the power of judicial review

  • controlling taxes and spending

  • appointing federal judges

  • holding a veto power

  • exercising the power of impeachment

Explicação

Questão 20 de 48

1

A federal official may be impeached by the __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Supreme Court

  • Senate

  • House of Representatives

  • attorney general

  • president

Explicação

Questão 21 de 48

1

Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A system of shared sovereignty between two levels of government, one national and one subnational, occupying the same geographic region.

Explicação

Questão 22 de 48

1

Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Unitary System, Federalism, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A centralized governmental system in which local and subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government.

Explicação

Questão 23 de 48

1

Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Confederal System, Federalism, Unitary System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A league of independent sovereign states, joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them.

Explicação

Questão 24 de 48

1

Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Division of Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): A basic principle of federalism established by the U.S. Constitution, by which powers are divided between the national and state governments.

Explicação

Questão 25 de 48

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Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Expressed Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): Constitutional or statutory powers that are expressly provided for by the U.S. Constitution; also called enumerated powers.

Explicação

Questão 26 de 48

1

Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Police Powers, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Supremacy Clause, Fiscal Federalism ): The power of a government body that enables it to create laws for the protection of the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people.

Explicação

Questão 27 de 48

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Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Supremacy Clause, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Fiscal Federalism ): Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution, which makes the Constitutional and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws.

Explicação

Questão 28 de 48

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Selecione da lista do Menu para completar o texto.

( Fiscal Federalism, Federalism, Unitary System, Confederal System, Division of Powers, Expressed Powers, Police Powers, Supremacy Clause ): The allocation of taxes collected by one level of government (typically the national government) to another level (typically state or local governments).

Explicação

Questão 29 de 48

1

Political scientist Harold Lassell defined __________ as the process of determining "who gets what, when, and how" in a society.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • government

  • power

  • politics

Explicação

Questão 30 de 48

1

When the government's ability to exercise power is widely viewed as legitimate, we say that the government __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • has authority

  • presidential

  • direct

Explicação

Questão 31 de 48

1

The system of government in the United States is best described as a __________ democracy.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • parliamentary

  • presidential

  • direct

Explicação

Questão 32 de 48

1

The principle difference between an absolute monarchy and a dictatorship is that __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • unlike a dictatorship, an absolute monarchy allows freedom of speech and religion

  • dictators may be women, but monarchs never are

  • an absolute monarchy is based on traditional, but a dictatorship is not

Explicação

Questão 33 de 48

1

Which of the following best describes a social contract?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The set of ideas, values, and attitudes about government and politics held by a community or a nation

  • A voluntary agreement among individuals to create a government and to give that government adequate power to secure the mutual protection and welfare of all individuals

  • An economic system based on the private ownership of wealth-producing property, free markets, and freedom of contract

Explicação

Questão 34 de 48

1

Because of the political value of __________, Article I, Section 9, of the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from granting titles of nobility.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • equality

  • liberty

  • multiculturalism

Explicação

Questão 35 de 48

1

Today's Republican Party differs from the party that existed a century ago in that it __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • no longer has strong support from business interests

  • is less reliant on the support of religious conservatives

  • no longer enjoys the support of most African Americans

Explicação

Questão 36 de 48

1

American liberalism took its fully modern form in the __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1960s, during the administration of Lyndon Johnson

  • 1990s, during the administration of Bill Clinton

  • 2000s, during the administration of Barack Obama

Explicação

Questão 37 de 48

1

The majority of American colonist came from__________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Germany and Spain

  • France and Ireland

  • England and Scotland

Explicação

Questão 38 de 48

1

Before the mid-1700s, the majority of American colonist were __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • secretly planning to declare their independence from Britain

  • loyal to the British monarch and viewed Britain as their homeland

  • politically indifferent

Explicação

Questão 39 de 48

1

Under the Articles of Confederation, the new nation ___________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • could not declare war

  • could enter into treaties and alliances

  • could regulate interstate commerce

Explicação

Questão 40 de 48

1

The three-fifths compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention had to do with __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • how slaves would be counted in determining representation in Congress

  • the imposition of export taxes

  • the regulation of commerce

Explicação

Questão 41 de 48

1

All of the existing amendments to the Constitution have been proposed ___________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • by a two-thirds vote in the Senate and in the House of Representatives

  • by a vote in three-fourths of the state legislatures

  • at national constitutional conventions

Explicação

Questão 42 de 48

1

In a unitary system, __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government

  • sovereign states are joined together by a central government that has only limited powers over them

  • there are no local or subdivisional governments

Explicação

Questão 43 de 48

1

There are __________ governmental units in the United States today.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 51

  • nearly 3,000

  • almost 90,000

Explicação

Questão 44 de 48

1

Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution enumerates twenty-seven powers that Congress may exercise. Two of these __________ powers are the power of coin money and the power to regulate interstate commerce.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • concurrent

  • expressed

  • inherent

Explicação

Questão 45 de 48

1

The relationships among the states in our federal system of government are sometimes referred to as __________ federalism.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • picket-fence

  • cooperative

  • horizontal

Explicação

Questão 46 de 48

1

The era of __________ federalism came to an end in 1930s.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • dual

  • new

  • competitive

Explicação

Questão 47 de 48

1

The welfare reform legislation passed by Congress in 1996 is an example of __________ federalism.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • dual

  • cooperative

  • new

Explicação

Questão 48 de 48

1

Block grants __________.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • are targeted for specific purposes by law

  • are federal grants given to a state for broad areas, such as criminal justice or mental-health programs

  • give the states less discretion that categorical grants over how funds will be spent

Explicação

Questão 49 de 48

1

The prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishments" is included in the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explicação

Questão 50 de 48

1

The right to bear arms described in the Second Amendment was incorporated in

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1868

  • 1925

  • 1949

  • 1965

  • 2010

Explicação

Questão 51 de 48

1

According to the additional readings, in all, _____ of the thirteen colonies had established official religions by the time of the American Revolution.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • three

  • five

  • seven

  • nine

  • eleven

Explicação

Questão 52 de 48

1

_____ are limitations on government action, setting forth what the government can not do.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Bills of attainder

  • Civil rights

  • The Miranda warnings

  • Ex post facto laws

  • Civil liberties

Explicação

Questão 53 de 48

1

The _____ provides the right to have the "Assistance of Counsel" in criminal prosecutions.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Sixth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

Explicação

Questão 54 de 48

1

The protection against "Unreasonable searches and seizures" is found in the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Third Amendment

  • Fourth Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Eight Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explicação

Questão 55 de 48

1

In the 1947 ruling on the establishment clause (Everson v. Board of Education), the Supreme Court

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Upheld a New Jersey law that allowed the state to pay for bus transportation of students who attended parochial schools.

  • Ruled that the state of New Jersey could no longer require the teaching of evolution in the public schools.

  • held that the First Amendment prohibits clergy of different religions from serving in each branch of the armed forces.

  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is constitutional under the First Amendment.

  • held that all government aid to parochial schools is prohibited under the First Amendment.

Explicação

Questão 56 de 48

1

A _____ punished individuals for committing an act that was legal when the act was committed.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • bill of attainder

  • "National Security Letter"

  • writ of habeas corpus

  • ex post facto law

  • warrant based on probable cause

Explicação

Questão 57 de 48

1

Which of the following is not part of the test the Supreme Court developed in California v. Miller (1973) to determine if a book or film is legally obscene?

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The work tends to excite an "unwholesome sexual desire," under present-day community standards.

  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious literary or artistic value.

  • The work depicts or describes, in an offensive way, a form of sexual conduct specifically prohibited by law.

  • The work taken as a whole is offensive or disturbing.

  • The work taken as a whole lacks serious political or scientific value.

Explicação

Questão 58 de 48

1

A _____ is an order requiring that an official bring a specified prisoner into court and show the judge why the prisoner is being held in jail.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • ex post facto law

  • writ of habeas corpus

  • bill of attainder

  • warrant based on probable cause

  • exclusionary rule

Explicação

Questão 59 de 48

1

In _____, the Supreme Court held that the "right to privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy," subject to certain regulations.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Roe v. Wade (1973)

  • Miller v. California (1973)

  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

  • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Explicação

Questão 60 de 48

1

Many of our liberties were added by the _____ ratified in 1791.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • ex post facto laws

  • writes of habeas corpus

  • Bill of Rights

  • bills of attainder

  • Miranda Warnings

Explicação

Questão 61 de 48

1

The Bill of Rights becomes part of the Constitution in

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1776

  • 1787

  • 1791

  • 1896

  • 1925

Explicação

Questão 62 de 48

1

_____ requires that illegally obtained evidence not be admissible in court.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • The Miranda warnings

  • The exclusionary rule

  • Probable cause

  • Double jeopardy

  • National Security Letters

Explicação

Questão 63 de 48

1

"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms..." is found in the _____ to the U.S. Constitution.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Eighth Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explicação

Questão 64 de 48

1

The Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution in

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1776

  • 1787

  • 1791

  • 1868

  • 1925

Explicação

Questão 65 de 48

1

The reserved powers of the states are derived from the

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Second Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

  • Tenth Amendment

Explicação

Questão 66 de 48

1

The Sixth Amendment

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • prohibits cruel and unusual punishments

  • guarantees the right to counsel at various stages in some criminal proceedings.

  • includes a protection against self-incrimination.

  • prohibits double jeopardy

  • establishes the exclusionary rule

Explicação

Questão 67 de 48

1

The First Amendment to the Constitution

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • addresses the right to bear arms

  • states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech."

  • guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial

  • addresses the right of trial by jury

  • states that "Congress shall protect the right to privacy of all persons"

Explicação

Questão 68 de 48

1

_____ is a published report of a falsehood that tends to injure a person's reputation or character.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • libel

  • slander

  • symbolic speech

  • seditious speech

  • obscenity

Explicação

Questão 69 de 48

1

The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in _____, giving women the right to vote.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • 1848

  • 1869

  • 1918

  • 1920

  • 1936

Explicação

Questão 70 de 48

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A law based on a suspect classification is subject to _____ scrutiny by the courts.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • ordinary

  • intermediate

  • exacting

  • strict

  • minimal

Explicação

Questão 71 de 48

1

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • granted freedom to the slave

  • required an end to segregation

  • established the separate-but-equal doctrine

  • outlawed "Jim Crow" laws

  • granted former slaves the right to vote.

Explicação

Questão 72 de 48

1

Nancy Pelosi was the first woman to

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • be elected to the U.S. Senate

  • serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

  • run for vice President of the United States

  • serve as a governor

  • be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives

Explicação

Questão 73 de 48

1

The Supreme Court established the separate-but-equal doctrine in

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

  • Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

  • Brown II (1955)

  • United States v. Virginia (1996)

  • Craig v. Boren (1976)

Explicação

Questão 74 de 48

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One of the tactics used by the civil rights protestors in the 1960s was _____, the deliberate and public refusal to obey laws considered unjust.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • "Jim Crow"

  • suffrage

  • affirmative action

  • civil disobedience

  • internment

Explicação

Questão 75 de 48

1

Racial segregation that occurs not as a result of deliberate intentions but because of social and economic conditions and residential patterns is called _____ segregation.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • de facto

  • de jure

  • de minimis

  • ex post facto

  • de novo

Explicação

Questão 76 de 48

1

"Jim Crow" laws

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • were segregation laws, separating the white community from the black community.

  • were justified by the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

  • were prohibited by the Thirteenth Amendment

  • required an end to segregation

  • were designed to achieve racial equality

Explicação

Questão 77 de 48

1

Our First Amendment rights are considered _____ rights.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • contingent

  • suspect

  • conditional

  • fundamental

  • tentative

Explicação

Questão 78 de 48

1

In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), the Supreme Court held that segregation by race _____ was unconstitutional.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • on buses

  • in restaurants

  • in public education

  • in housing

  • on railroads

Explicação

Questão 79 de 48

1

AARP promotes the interest of

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • consumers.

  • manufacturers.

  • labor.

  • senior citizens.

  • gun owners.

Explicação

Questão 80 de 48

1

The Right to Life organization is a _____ interest group.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • consumer

  • identity

  • ideological

  • single-issue

  • government

Explicação

Questão 81 de 48

1

The largest and most powerful labor interest group today is

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the AFL-CIO

  • AARP

  • the NAM

  • the NRA

  • MADD

Explicação

Questão 82 de 48

1

There are various reasons why people join interest groups. Some people find that they gain considerable satisfaction in taking action from within that group. Such satisfaction is referred to as a _____ incentive.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • free-rider

  • purposive

  • pluralist

  • solidary

  • material

Explicação

Questão 83 de 48

1

It has become increasingly common for those who leave positions with the federal government to become lobbyists or consultants for the private interest groups they helped to regulate. This is called

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • the "heroes to zeroes" complex

  • the "free rider" problem

  • "Potomac fever."

  • the "revolving door" syndrome

  • "lobbying addiction"

Explicação

Questão 84 de 48

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Some people enjoy the camaraderie and sense of belonging that comes from associating with other people who share their interests and goals. That enjoyment can be called a _____ incentive for joining an interest group.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • free rider

  • purposive

  • pluralist

  • solidary

  • material

Explicação

Questão 85 de 48

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Individuals who can enjoy the outcome of an interest group's efforts without having to contribute are called

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • social loafers

  • lobbyists

  • social climbers

  • entrepreneurs

  • free riders

Explicação

Questão 86 de 48

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The _____ is a professional interest group.

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • National Farmers Union

  • Club for Growth

  • National Rifle Association

  • American Medical Association

  • National Urban League

Explicação

Questão 87 de 48

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A purposive incentive for joining an interest group is best described as

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • pleasure in associating with like-minded individuals

  • satisfaction resulting from working for a cause in which one believes

  • a practical benefit such as discounts, subscriptions, or group insurance.

  • the ability to enjoy the outcome of a group's efforts without having to contribute.

  • the opportunity to compete for public office.

Explicação

Questão 88 de 48

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The right to form interest groups and to lobby the government is protected by the _____ right of the people "to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

Selecione uma das seguintes:

  • First Amendment

  • Third Amendment

  • Fifth Amendment

  • Seventh Amendment

  • Ninth Amendment

Explicação

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