A senator can delay or impede a bill by

using a filibuster.

invoking cloture.

calling for a vote.

impeaching the bill's creator.

Parents who disguise hostility toward their children by becoming overly protective of them are very likely using the defense mechanism of: A) projection. B) regression. C) rationalization. D) reaction formation. E) displacement.

What term is sometimes used for the media's ability to set the political agenda?

The federal government operates the correctional organizations to handle the people convicted of breaking federal laws; likewise, state and local governments provide corrections for the people who have broken state and local laws. true or false

A tax placed upon imported goods or services is called a (n)

Another term for nonmaterial culture that sociologists use is

A democracy is intended to form a government in which

What were some reasons for the french and Indian war? select all that apply. A. french and British both wanted control of the Ohio river valley B. french and British fought over control of Indian fur trade C.

6. Residential segregation is the geographical isolation of the poor from the rest of a city's population.

What two things mix together to make an hurricane

What nation shares borders with libya and sudan and has a shoreline on the mediterranean and red sea