Author Question: The Texas case that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court holding that an African-American must be ... (Read 59 times)

lilldybug07 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The Texas case that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court holding that an African-American must be admitted to the University of Texas Law School in spite of the separate but equal doctrine (because the facilities Texas provided were in fact unequal) was

a. Sweatt v. Painter.
b. Smith v. Allwright.
c. Plessy v. Ferguson.
d. Nixon v. Herndon.
e. Grovey v. Townsend.

Question 2

Rational choice theory is a perspective that

a. assumes, short of a crisis, that government officials will make small changes to existing policy rather than start from scratch when making policy decisions.
b. assumes that individuals make calculated decisions to maximize their perceived interests.
c. political leaders learn from previous successes and failures and adjust their behavior accordingly to maximize the likelihood of future successes.
d. people do not like to hold obviously contradictory positions, leading them to reject evidence that may run counter to their initial beliefs about a particular topic.
e. highlights the extent to which initial contact or experiences are filtered through past contacts or relationships with similar individuals or settings.