Which state organization bears the largest responsibility for preparing the state budget?

A. the Legislative Analyst
B. the state Treasurer's Office
C. the Senate Office of Research
D. the Department of Finance


Answer: D

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One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was the

A. media coverage of violence by white segregationists. B. Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. C. decentralization of power in the House and Senate. D. civil unrest that shook several northern cities. E. election of Republican presidents.

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________ contended that a society’s economic structure, especially its system of economic production, is the foundation upon which the political superstructure rests.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Elections allow ordinary citizens to, in aggregate,

a. essentially support the status quo. b. express how they feel about government although elected officials do not take the voters’ views into account when they make policy choices. c. avoid working for the duration of Election Day. d. reward or punish elected officials for their performance in office.

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If a state expressly grants a local government authority to pursue specific public policies, it can also take away that authority. This is an example of

a. intergovernmental transfer. b. Dillon's rule. c. Compton's rule. d. second-order devolution.

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