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Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by which of the following?

In the Dred Scott case, what did the Supreme Court decide that Congress had no power to do? 

Discuss the history of the struggle to obtain suffrage by African Americans. Provide and explain at least three examples of policies that extended access to the franchise to African Americans.

The 1996 Telecommunications Act did which of the following?

A government in which the ruler fully controls government itself but largely stays out of religious and business institutions is which of the following?

An electoral system that assigns one seat in a legislative body to represent citizens who live in a district is known as which of the following?

 Which of the following amendments to the Constitution protects the freedom of the press?

Compare and contrast direct democracy with representative democracy, and explain why direct democracy is seldom used in governmental elections in the twenty-first century in the United States.

Radio, television, wire, and cable are regulated by which of the following?

In light of recent Supreme Court decisions on issues as diverse as voting rights, same-sex marriage, immigration, and health care, craft an argument in which you discuss whether power is shifting toward or away from the states and assess this move as good or bad for politics.