Discuss the history of off-shore oil drilling in the United States. Explain why public opinion on the matter shifts every so often from support to opposition.
What will be an ideal response?
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What is the central difference between the free market policies that exacerbate inequality and the capabilities of the pan-ethnic movements that George Lipsitz believes could have a greater effect on positive societal change?
A. Pan-ethnic movements are able to garner greater support through inclusion, which will in turn affect elections and policy changes, while free market policies remain possessively invested in whiteness. B. Pan-ethnic movements use society’s investment in whiteness to promote white leaders who support positive change, while free market policy supporters actively suppress these leaders. C. Pan-ethnic movements can acknowledge and combat the power of whiteness that intensifies inequality, while free market policies continue to allow for possessive investment in whiteness by ignoring the unequal power of whiteness. D. Pan-ethnic movements seek to recycle free-market policies into more positive government efforts to decrease inequality, while the original policies themselves remain fundamentally invested in whiteness.
Which of the following contributed to the growth of the U.S. bureaucracy in the early to mid-1800s?
a. The spoils system b. The merit system c. The Civil Service Commission d. The rise of progressivism
The governors' role as chief administrator has been
a. increased because they have found it necessary to micromanage the state's daytoday affairs. b. undercut by the shift of federal programs and dollars to the states. c. strengthened by reforms that have concentrated executive powers in the governor's office. d. welcomed by nearly all governors, who prefer it to the role of policy maker.
Which of the following has focused its efforts on immigration reform since 1968?
a. The National Council of La Raza b. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund c. The League of United Latin American Citizens d. The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center e. Emily’s List