What was the main purpose of the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act (UMRA)?
a. Restraining governmental use of unfunded mandates
b. Adding unfunded mandates to all federal grant programs
c. Replacing categorical grants with block grants
d. Restricting racially discriminatory practices
a. Restraining governmental use of unfunded mandates
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Universal suffrage for women was achieved ______.
A. after the Civil War with the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment B. through state-level action alone; the national government has never formally changed the Constitution but has simply reinterpreted it to include women C. in 1920 with the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment D. at the end of World War II with the adoption of the Universal Women's Suffrage Act
Which of the following did the Atlantic Charter seek?
a. disarmament b. arms proliferation c. territorial aggrandizement d. control of foreign trade e. obliteration of dictatorship
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Lobbying is the attempt to influence government policy, usually on behalf of an interest group 2. The 2010 gubernatorial election (Jerry Brown vs. Meg Whitman) broke all previous records for campaign spending. 3. Organized interest groups and lobbies provide large financial resources for candidates. 4. Websites, emails, text messaging and robocalls have become important vehicles for campaigning. 5. The California Teachers’ Association and the Automobile Club of America are considered to be interest groups.
Presidential power over the bureaucracy comes from all but which of the following?
a. The power to dissolve executive agencies b. The power to reorganize the bureaucracy c. The authority to appoint secretaries and other top officials d. The formal power over the budget