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In Federalist 10, James Madison identified faction, or danger of citizens acting on emotional impulses, as a danger to popular government.
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The United States Senate and House of Representatives have some overlapping responsibilities, which generates debate and deliberation over how to resolve different approaches to similar problems.
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One of the president’s argumentative powers is the ability to define situations.
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The Declaration of Independence specifies that all “men� have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of freedom.
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Filibustering is when a Senator turns into a blabbermouth.
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The rhetorical presidency has two goals: to generate public opinion and to make the president feel good.
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There are seven Justices on the Supreme Court.
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Free speech rights to not protect your ability to intentionally spread false information about others in an attempt to hurt them.
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The principal issue dodged in the U.S. Constitution was related to taxation.
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The rhetorical style of the Declaration of Independence can best be described as hyperbole or exaggeration.
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The rhetorical presidency describes the trend of presidents to make deliberative appeals to mass audiences, upsetting the balance of power between the executive and legislative branches of government.
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Stare decisis refers to the doctrine of precedent.
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Something can be found legally obscene if:
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The average person would find it so, it depicts sexually explicit conduct in an offensive way, and it lacks literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
It violates Christian norms about promiscuity and monogamy.
A judge knows it when they see it.
The average person would find it so and it depicts sexually explicit conduct in an offensive way, even if it contains literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
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In Federalist 10, James Madison argued that it controlling the effects of faction would be impracticable because:
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The diversity of opinions is an inevitable part of “man�
It would help the British to retake the country
Stopping the slave trade would generate too much friction between north and south
The equitable redistribution of land was not feasible
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The deliberative argument of Franklin Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address:
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Leveraged common understandings about the nature of the national crisis of 1933 to tell the people to not worry
Leveraged common understandings about the nature of the national crisis of 1933 to justify confronting the crisis head on and urging action.
Leveraged common understandings about the nature of the national crisis of 1933 to justify a specific set of policy proposals
Leveraged common understandings about the nature of the national crisis of 1933 to justify fascism.
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Ronald Reagan’s “Challenger Address� principally argued that:
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Because of the terrible tragedy, the U.S. space program needs to stop entirely to ensure additional tragedies don’t occur.
Because of the terrible tragedy, the U.S. space program needs a temporary pause to ensure additional tragedies don’t occur.
Despite the terrible tragedy, losing astronauts shouldn’t stop the U.S. space program because that was the price of pioneering.
Despite the terrible tragedy, the U.S. space program needs to keep going to keep up with the Soviet Union.
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In Federalist 10, James Madison argued that removing the factors causing faction was impossible because:
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It was too expensive
The remedy was worse than the disease because faction is an inevitable condition of freedom
The people were too stupid to educate properly
There would always be fake news
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The 9/11 Commission Report was:
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Written in a plain style, that narrated the events of that day, in an authoritative voice that left no questions about what happened that day
Written in a plain style, that narrated the events of that day, in reverse chronological order
Written in a plain style, that narrated the events of that day, by focusing on the two jets that crashed into the World Trade Center
Written in a plain style, that narrated the events of that day, in chronological order
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The arguments made in Supreme Court decisions typically:
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Appear determinate and value free
Are written so that anyone can understand them
Appear laden with ideology and bias
Use activist language to write new law
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John F. Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner� speech argued:
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That West Germany should not rely on the United States beyond verbal support for their democracy.
That the United States must defend West Germany from Soviet Aggression
That the United States had to weigh the risk of nuclear war if he committed to defending West Germany from Soviet Aggression.
That the United States must not risk nuclear war by defending West Germany from Soviet aggression.
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Presidential deliberation typically:
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Speaks only to members of the media in the hopes they will spread presidential ideas
Uses emotive, technical language to move public opinion toward presidential initiatives
Uses emotive language that anyone can understand to move public opinion toward presidential initiatives
Uses field specific language intended to motivate Congress to act on presidential initiatives
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The rhetorical presidency can be criticized for:
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For not considering the impact of social media
Failing to recognize that the presidency has always been rhetorical
Overselling the role of geographic expansion and population increases
Overstating the amount of public address presidents engage in
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The arguments made in congressional hearings that deliberate on public policy matters tend to:
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Be made by political actors, who employ general language, and attempt to persuade members of Congress via emotional claims
Be made by experts in the topic, who employ field specific language, and attempt to persuade members of Congress via logical claims
Be made by experts in topic, who employ general language, and attempt to persuade members of Congress via emotional claims
Be made by experts in topic, who employ general language, and attempt to persuade members of Congress via ceremonial claims
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Free speech was often restricted in the 19th century on which of the following topics:
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Slavery abolitionism
National expansion
Relations with Europe
Relations with Indian nations
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The primary deliberative content of George W. Bush’s speech on 9/11/2001 sought to:
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Discuss al Qaeda and the government’s plan to get them
Define what happened and why and what the people could expect next.
Mourn the loss of so many Americans
Discuss U.S. negotiations with allies in Europe and joint efforts to track down al Qaeda