What does “the power of the purse” refer to?
a. the position of Secretary of the Treasury
b. the buying power of the country’s population
c. Congress’s power to levy, collect, and appropriate taxes
d. the nation’s productivity measured in dollars
c. Congress’s power to levy, collect, and appropriate taxes
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When Congress passed the public accommodations provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it had to rely primarily on its broad powers under
a. Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment. b. the Supremacy Clause. c. the Necessary and Proper Clause. d. the Commerce Clause.
The Bill of Rights was originally designed to limit the power of state governments
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Political differences between the South and the rest of the country today are often rooted in attitudes about
A) the economy. B) racial politics and social issues. C) defence spending. D) foreign policy. E) the unemployment.
The civil service system was introduced following passage of what law?
a. the Hatch Act b. the Pendleton Act c. the Administrative Procedures Act d. the Freedom of Information Act