Electoral reform Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

vertical integration - answer andrew carnagie- the steel company you own and control every aspect of production horizontal integration - answer John D. Rockefeller- oil business- "Standard Oil" you align your business with your competitors and begin to take control of their company allowing you to monopolize your profit trusts - answer developed by Rockefeller- smaller oil company assign their stock to the board of directors of standard oil JP morgan - answer biggest banker/financer...

Progressive Pioneers (~pre-1910) Social and Political elites; Regional and local issue focus; Divided on preservation v. conservation. Groups: Sierra Club National Audubon Society Preservation Movement: Social and political elites (writers and artists) in mid to late 19th century began to argue that it was necessary to PRESERVE the grand scenery and natural features of the unspoiled western landscape; "romanticization" of nature. Influential thinkers: Henry David Thoreau, Ral...

Introduction to electoral systems, along with the problem with the UK system, its consequences and importance, the solutions needed and supporting evidence. Sources, graphs and statistics are used, all fully cited.

CLEP American Government Practice Test 1 (2022/2023) Already Passed The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 Ordered the racial desegregation of public schools A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be engaging in prospective voting Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by the House of Representatives A Democracy is A form of government in which the peopl...

Direct democracy - ANSWER-all individuals express their opinions themselves and not through representatives acting on their behalf Representative democracy - ANSWER-an individual selects a person to act on their behalf Similarities of representative and direct democracy - ANSWER-based on a majority Differences of direct and representative democracy - ANSWER-direct is not elective, direct is for individuals, direct has more citizen involvement Legitimacy - ANSWER-the right to exerci...

Texas Government Chapter 1, 2, and 3 Exam 1 Test Review | 2023/24 Which of the following supports the traditionalistic political culture found in Texas? - A. judicial commissions were a right, not a privilege. B. Marshall should not have signed the commission. C. Madison must deliver the commission. D. a provision of the 1801 law was unconstitutional. E. none of the above. The first African-Americans to come to Texas were: - c. slaves of Spanish explorers The Immigration Reform and Co...

Praxis II 5081 Form 2 Questions and Answers Graded A+ Which of the following reform groups used journalism to draw public attention to social problems such as child labor and poor working conditions during the Progressive Era? Muckrakers Which of the following was the goal of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs of the mid 1960s? To fight poverty and racial inequality In late 1989, President George H.W. Bush launched an invasion of which country in order to depose its president? Panama...

POLI 330 Final Exam questions with verified answers 1. (TCO 1) Which best explains the differences between historians and political scientists? (Points : 2) Historians look for generalizations, and political scientists are reluctant to generalize. Historians are reluctant to generalize, and political scientists look for generalizations. Historians are more likely to look for comparisons than political scientists. Historians tend to focus on nature-based explanations, and political scientist...

Albert quizlet #500 Exam 57 Questions with Verified Answers François Guizot, revolutionary of 1830, became a powerful minister of Louis-Philippe, the so-called 'citizen king' who replaced the absolutist King Charles X after the 1830 revolution. Here he tells the story of the history of France from the 1789 revolution until his own revolution, 41 years later. Which of the below adjectives best describes how he sees that history? - CORRECT ANSWER A Guizot thinks that the history of France'...

US History II CLEP Questions and Answers Graded A Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... Jazz Tet Offensive failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Tru...