The Declaration of Independence explicitly stated that governments were instituted among men to
A) create laws.
B) create equality.
C) protect borders.
D) secure rights.
E) declare war.
D
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The Cold War refers to the period from 1946 to 1989 in which
A) foreign policy presented few challenges to American hegemony. B) the world remained basically peaceful due to the memories of world war. C) the prestige of the executive branch fell dramatically. D) the U.S. and Soviet Union threatened one another with nuclear destruction. E) the U.S. did not speak to the Soviet Union diplomatically.
Identify a true statement about the USA Patriot Act of 2001.
A. It allows an American citizen to request copies of information about him or her contained in government files. B. It prevents states from disclosing or selling a person's personal information without the person's consent. C. It allows the government to access personal information on American citizens to an extent never before allowed. D. It seeks to control the National Security Agency's collection of metadata on domestic phone calls. E. It supports the protection, enhancement, and wise use of a person's personal information.
In 1932, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis coined a metaphor that is still used frequently by describing creative federalism as encouraging “laboratories of democracy.” What is meant by this concept?
a. States can be used to test new policies and the states also absorb the accountability if the efforts fail, thereby protecting the federal government’s integrity. b. States can try social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country, and if they are successful, other states can duplicate their efforts. c. The federal government can use states as laboratories for trying new policies. d. States are obligated to test the federal government’s policies since they are most accountable to the citizens. e. As “laboratories,” one state could have a democracy while other states experimented with other forms of government.
When the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) program began investing in __________, some Americans argued that there was potential wisdom in the planning approach.
A. the airline industry B. banks C. coal D. steel E. rubber