Presidential elections are held every four years. U.S. senators are elected to b-year terms, but only $\frac{1}{3}$ of the Senate is up for election every two years. If $\frac{1}{3}$ of the Senate is elected during a presidential election year, how many years must pass before these same senate seats are up for election during another presidential election year?

Answer the questions based on the map as well as your reading of this chapter. In the 1896 election, William J. Bryan won the most states but lost the election.

(a) In which regions did McKinley win?

(b) Why did the Populist Party fail to win the election?

Who is the most important leader in both houses of Congress?

a. the president pro tempore;

b. the president of the Senate;

c. the Speaker of the House;

d. the Senate majority leader.

If the labor union of a soft drinks company is picketing in front of the wholesaler, instead of picketing on the company's premises, generally under the NLRA:

a. such picketing shall be considered permitted

b. it will be considered as a break of a picketing line

c. it shall be considered a consumer picketing

d. such secondary picketing shall be prohibited

Find a counterexample to show that the converse of each conditional is false.

If you use sunscreen, then you will not get sunburned.

A, D, N, and X are collinear points. D is between N and A. NA + AX = NX. Draw a diagram that represents this information.

Use a protractor to draw a $70^{\circ}$ angle. Then use a compass and straightedge to bisect the angle. What do you think will be the measure of each angle formed? Use a protractor to support your answer.

Make a table of values for the rule x$^2+x+11$ when x is an integer from 1 to 8. Make a conjecture about the type of number generated by the rule. Continue your table. What value of x generates a counterexample?

HJ is twice JK . J is between H and K. If HJ=4x and HK=78, find JK.

How do interest groups influence elections?

What primary legislative powers does the President have?

Which function describes the process by which the legislature checks on the executive branch to make sure it is carrying out the laws in the way Congress intended?

Find a counterexample to show that the converse of each conditional is false.

If two angles are adjacent, then they share a vertex.

You are sitting in the backseat of a car going around a curve to the right. Sketch motion and free-body diagrams to answer the following questions. What is the direction of your acceleration?