Which of the following statements is true of public debt?
A) Public debt is also known as fiscal debt.
B) The net public debt includes sums that the government owes to itself.
C) The Department of Commerce sells IOUs on behalf of the U.S. government.
D) The interest on treasuries is paid by federal taxes.
E) The net public debt does not include funds held by the Federal Reserve System.
D
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What does partisan polarization look like?
A) Partisans take to the streets, armed and prepared for street battles with the opposing party. B) Party identifiers maintain the same militancy they have always possessed, continuing their dislikes and slurs against the other party. C) Party identifiers become violent in their campaigning. D) Party identifiers become more militant, as do dislikes and slurs against the other party.
What does the free exercise clause of the First Amendment limit?
a. Government control of inmates in state prisons b. Government control of a free press c. Government control of public demonstrations d. Government control of religious practice ?
Which year saw the passage of the Bill of Rights?
A. 1791 B. 1789 C. 1787 D. 1795 E. 1793
Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
a. The Patriot Act, enacted shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, raised serious questions about the right of privacy in the United States. b. The Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the two international covenants on human rights prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race or color. c. Shortly after the United States eliminated slavery in 1865, most of the rest of the international community followed suit and the practice of involuntary servitude is basically a thing of the past. d. Genocide and mass killing remain problems for the international community.