Which of the following statements about environmental regulations in the United States is NOT true?
a. Environmental protection represents one of the few areas in which the government has taken a limited role in regulating the activities of private actors.
b. While 1970s-era environmental regulations produced visible successes, this has not been followed by a continuing national commitment to environmentalism.
c. President Obama proposed a system of "cap and trade" energy regulations, which were subsequently adopted by Congress.
d. The United States has fewer environmental regulations than other advanced democracies.
e. States have tended to act in the absence of federal action on environmental issues as exemplified by several states adopting emissions caps that broadly follow the guidelines of the Kyoto Protocols that has not been adopted by the national government.
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following statements is true about Catholicism and democracy?
A. Catholicism formally affirmed individuals' right to religious freedom after the Protestant Reformation. B. Catholicism traditionally supported the principle of religious pluralism. C. Catholicism seldom opposed ideas such as freedom of expression and freedom of speech. D. Catholicism historically favored separation of Church and State. E. Catholicism altered its approach to democracy following tremendous global, political, economic, and social changes.
Edmund Burke's belief that government should not attempt to change society, but that government should merely reflect changes that have already taken place in society helped shape this theoretical movement
a. Classical liberalism b. Modern liberalism c. Marxism d. Traditional conservatism e. Feminism
McClure's and Munsey's are examples of what?
A) Bars that catered to newspaper employees B) The first magazines published in the U.S. C) Political journals D) Patent medicines that advertised heavily in the penny presses E) The first department stores in the U.S.