If the Federal Reserve wanted to slow the rate of economic growth, it would most likely __________
a. lower the discount rate
b. increase the discount rate
c. encourage the president to lower taxes
d. increase the unemployment rate
b
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What two important acts did the federal government pass in the 1960s to force the South to abolish Jim Crow laws and abide by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution?
Do you think it is possible that further intervention by the federal government will be needed in the future to enforce the civil rights of African Americans? Why or why not?
When did party conventions come into existence?
a. in 1791, after ratification of the Constitution b. in the 1830s and 1840s c. in the early twentieth century, during the Progressive Era d. during the New Deal of the 1930s
What is the main reason people give for not voting?
A) They forgot. B) They had a scheduling conflict. C) They could not decide. D) They do not believe their vote will make a difference. E) They do not care.
The federal government sued the New York Times to prevent it from publishing
A. accounts of Japanese Americans detained in U.S. concentration camps during World War II. B. the Pentagon Papers. C. secret grand jury findings on the Watergate scandal. D. reports of Reagan's arms-for-hostages dealings. E. videotapes of G. Gordon Liddy orchestrating a break-in.