Review Questions for Mid-Term 1) What constitutional clause allows laws enacted by the federal government to take priority over conflicting state laws? 2) Would it be a violation of equal protection for a state to impose a higher tax on outof-state companies doing business in the state than it imposes on in-state companies if the only reason for the tax is to protect the local firms from out-ofstate competition? Explain. 3) Jen operates Jen’s Fruits & Vegetables‚ a small market stocked entirely
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In The first chapter of Occupied America by Rodolfo Acuna‚ Acuna introduces several types of cultures and civilizations. Rodolfo explains how the cultures had different methods of agriculture‚ believes and ways of surviving.Many of the cultures or civilizations were extremely advance in technology ‚ we can say talking for their time period. It’s amazing how they were advance in astronomy and their calendars were amazing. He also talks a lot bout many different civilizations that were around and
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1. What percentage of Texans live in urban areas (cities & suburbs)? 2 90% of the population now lives in crowed cities and suburbs. 2. Name the three cities in Texas that are three of the largest in US? 2 Houston‚ San Antonio and Dallas 3. What are the three diverse economic businesses in Texas? 4 Oil and gas producer now work alongside high-tech companies‚ telecommunications giants‚ and other important business sectors. 4. In what areas does Texas consistently rank at the bottom in state
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1. Why do Americans tend to hold negative views of politics and politicians? I think that a large majority of Americans hold some degree of distrust for authority. I also think that as a people we hold much aversion to bureaucracy because of the corruption that we consistently witness. The questionable explanations for actions or the lack of explanations at all lead to a lack of legitimacy in the reasons for the politics to even exist or at least some of the political reasoning to be rewritten
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1. Q: In what ways have our historic roots affected the manner in which criminal investigations are conducted in the United States today? A: The organizational structure of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency‚ found in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton and the first of its kind in the US‚ was later adopted by the FBI. As with the Pinkerton Agency‚ the FBI began to take on cases that local law enforcement were too limited in resources to handle on their own. In addition‚ Pinkerton created what was
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Keefe Carrillo Professor Jodi Titus Physical Geography 1 Irvine Valley College 11/22/2013 Cal State Fullerton 16th annual Geography Conference I found the Cal State University Fullerton conference to be both intriguing and interesting to attend. At this conference I had the honor of hearing from several different guest speakers and professors from different scholarly institutions. While watching their presentations I found a common factor‚ everyone shares a passion for Geography. My expectations
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One historian has remarked that Bacon’s Rebellion was “a rebellion with abundant causes but without a cause.” Do you agree? What were the causes of Bacon’s Rebellion? Did Nathaniel Bacon have a cause? Did William Berkeley? In 1676‚ Nathaniel Bacon marched into Jamestown‚ Virginia alongside 600 men ready to fight‚ demanding a military commission. After threatening William Berkeley‚ the Governor of Virginia and Nathaniel’s own cousin‚ Bacon was given a military commission. “In the following months
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Caleb Clingan ESCI 1123 1. Distinguish between weather and climate. Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time. Climate is a location’s average weather conditions over a specific period of time. For example‚ Weather looks at what is happening right now. Climate however looks at what the weather as done in the past and projects what the weather should do. Like normally we get 20 inches of rain in the summer and it’s safe to assume that we will receive close
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| Course Leader: Assoc. Prof. Dr Abdullah Mohd Noor TOPIC 1: OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 1. Introduction This topic will give you the overview of research‚ research in education and research report. After completing this topic‚ you should be able to: (a) define research and educational research; (b) explain stages in research; (c) explain research as a problem-solving model; (d) explain the chapters/sections and contents of a research report; and (e) identify stages of
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1. The physical science unit applies principles and techniques of chemistry‚ physics‚ and geology to the identification and comparison of crime scene evidence. 2. The wide variation in which services are offered in different crime laboratories is due to variations in local laws and budgetary and staffing limitations only. 3. The tendency of the public to believe that every crime scene will yield forensic science evidence and their unrealistic expectations that a prosecutor’s case should always
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