What General Political Trend Coincided with a Significant Increase in Private

question 108

Multiple Choice

What general political trend coincided with a significant increase in private and corporate spending in political campaigns at the turn of the twenty-first century?

• A) An increase in voter participation.
• B) An increase in party membership.
• C) An increase in newspaper subscriptions.
• D) A withdrawal of people from the public sphere.
• E) An increasing interest in anti-monopoly legislation.

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Definitions:

Dendrites

Branched extensions of a neuron that receive signals from other neurons.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body to other neurons, muscles, or glands.

Local Potential

Small changes in membrane potential that are localized and can lead to the generation of an action potential if threshold is reached.

Resting Membrane Potential

The electrical charge difference across the cell membrane when the cell is not conducting electrical signals, maintaining a negative charge inside relative to the outside.