A decline in or stagnation of a nation’s GDP indicates that the country is potentially slipping into an economic ______.
a. depression
b. peak
c. recession
d. trough
c. recession
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The question of whether or not the United States should annex Texas was most heavily influenced and delayed by ______.
a. the desire of most Texans to remain independent b. the decision to grant Texas the power to secede from the Union c. the question of how many states Texas should become d. concern about offending Mexico e. the issue of slavery
The statistical method
A. involves the intensive study of individual political cases or situations. B. involves the manipulation of variables, something that is difficult to do in real life. C. involves measurement and observation with sophisticated mathematical analysis of data. D. involves police investigation of major social patterns of crime
Supreme Court justices are selected by:
a. appointment by the president with the approval of the Senate and the American Bar Association b. appointment by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate c. nomination by the House of Representatives with the approval of the Senate and the president d. appointment by the president subject to the approval of two thirds of the sitting justices
One of the major risks that opponents criticize regarding the proposal to partially privatize Social Security funding is that ______.
A. employers may fail to participate B. individuals may not make wise investment choices for the money they are responsible to invest C. too many individuals will participate, leading to a breakdown of the system D. the federal government will not be able to fund even the smaller portion for which it is responsible