Presidents use their appointment power to ______.
a. appoint career civil servants who can manage an agency effectively
b. reward loyal members of Congress
c. gain necessary control over the bureaucracy or unnecessarily politicize the bureaucracy, depending on your perspective
d. reward members of their family
e. appoint career civil servants who agree to abandon their loyalty to their agency in order to serve the president
c. gain necessary control over the bureaucracy or unnecessarily politicize the bureaucracy, depending on your perspective
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27. In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. slaves were property and not citizens. b. the Missouri Compromise was constitutional. c. civil rights protections were not extended to women until they got married. d. minorities were not entitled to vote. e. slavery was an unconstitutional violation of the due process clause.
How have demographic trends contributed to the Middle East becoming such a breeding ground for terrorism?
a. High birth rates produce many unemployed youth, who are attracted to the simplistic lessons of Islamism. b. Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, and poverty breeds unrest. c. High birth rates produce many unemployed youth, who can find well-paying jobs only in the criminal underworld. d. Low birth rates produce too few citizens to keep the economy growing, so leaders have turned to Islamism to encourage people to have larger families.
In the Senate, a filibuster can be ended by invoking
A) a rider. B) a quorum. C) a markup. D) cloture. E) majority rule.
What is the relationship between current perceptions of the economic attainment of South Asians and historical data regarding South Asian attainment?
A. South Asians are considered today to be honorary whites of moderate economic and social status, while historically they have held low-level jobs following their immigration. B. South Asians are stereotyped today as low-level service workers, while historically South Asian immigrants have been highly educated and successful. C. South Asians are granted high status today as a result of perceived economic success, while historically South Asian immigrants have struggled with failed entrepreneurial endeavors. D. South Asians are characterized as economically unsuccessful, which matches the historical experiences South Asian immigrants have had with economic hardships.