Answer the Following Questions

question 71

Multiple Choice

Answer the following questions :
-Defense of Marriage Act

• A)A network of radical Islamic terrorists organized by Osama bin Laden,who issued a call for holy war against Americans and their allies.Members of this group were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
• B)The spread of political,cultural,and economic influences and connections among countries,businesses,and individuals around the world through trade,immigration,communication,and other means.
• C)International economic body established in 1995 through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to enforce substantial tariff and import quota reductions.
• D)An international organization of the leading capitalist industrial nations: the United States,Britain,Germany,France,Italy,Japan,Canada,and Russia.This organization largely controlled the world's major international financial organizations: the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund (IMF),and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
• E)A 1993 treaty that eliminated all tariffs and trade barriers among the United States,Canada,and Mexico.
• F)Corporations with offices and factories in multiple countries,which expanded to find new markets and cheaper sources of labor.Globalization was made possible by the proliferation of these.
• G)A decentralized computer network developed in the late 1960s by the U.S.Department of Defense in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The Internet grew out of this.
• H)A collection of interlinked computer servers that debuted in 1991,allowing access by millions to documents,pictures,and other materials.
• I)A term used by Patrick Buchanan in 1992 to describe a long-standing political struggle,dating to the 1920s,between religious traditionalists and secular liberals.Social issues such as abortion rights and the rights of lesbians and gay men divided these groups.
• J)A 1965 law that eliminated the discriminatory 1924 nationality quotas,established a slightly higher total limit on immigration,included provisions to ease the entry of immigrants with skills in high demand,and allowed immediate family members of legal residents in the United States to be admitted outside of the total numerical limit.
• K)The promotion of diversity in gender,race,ethnicity,religion,and sexual preference.This political and social policy became increasingly popular in the United States during the 1980s post-civil rights era.
• L)A proposition approved by California voters in 1996 that outlawed affirmative action in state employment and public education.
• M)A movement founded by religious activist Randall Terry in 1987 that mounted protests outside abortion clinics and harassed their staffs and clients.
• N)A law enacted by Congress in 1998 that allowed states to refuse to recognize gay marriages or civil unions formed in other jurisdictions.The Supreme Court ruled that this law was unconstitutional in 2013.
• O)1989 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the authority of state governments to limit the use of public funds and facilities for abortions.
• P)A 1992 Supreme Court case that upheld a law requiring a twenty-four-hour waiting period prior to an abortion.Although the decision upheld certain restrictions on abortions,it affirmed the "essential holding" in Roe v.Wade (1973)that women had a constitutional right to control their reproduction.
• Q)A 2003 landmark decision by the Supreme Court that limited the power of states to prohibit private homosexual activity between consenting adults.
• R)Initiatives by Representative Newt Gingrich of Georgia for significant tax cuts,reductions in welfare programs,anticrime measures,and cutbacks in federal regulations.
• S)Legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 that replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children,the major welfare program dating to the New Deal era,with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,which provided grants to the states to assist the poor and which limited welfare payments to two years,with a lifetime maximum of five years.
• T)Legislation introduced by President George W.Bush and passed by Congress in 2001 that slashed income tax rates,extended the earned income credit for the poor,and marked the estate tax to be phased out by 2010.
• U)A 2001 law that gave the government new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates,including the ability to access personal information.
• V)A prison just outside Baghdad,Iraq,where American guards were photographed during the Iraq War abusing and torturing suspected insurgents.
• W)An economic stimulus bill passed in 2009,in response to the Great Recession,that provided $787 billion to state and local governments for schools,hospitals,and transportation projects.It was one of the largest single packages of government spending in American history.
• X)A set of far-right opposition groups that emerged during President Obama's first term and gave voice to the extreme individualism and antigovernment sentiment traditionally associated with right-wing movements in the United States.
• Y)Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.

Contrast common resources with public goods to distinguish between the two.

Understand the concept of nonrivalry in consumption and its application to social goods and common resources.

Understand the legal principles and defenses related to defamation law.

Identify the circumstances and requirements under various privacy legislation including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

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Definitions:

Depression

A common but serious mood disorder featuring persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities.

Recurrent Heart Attacks

Experiencing multiple episodes of myocardial infarction, which is the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die.

Mortality

The state of being subject to death; often used in statistics to refer to the rate of death in a population.

Catecholamines

A class of neurotransmitters that includes dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine, playing important roles in the body's stress response and emotional arousal.