President Obama's use of an executive order to increase the minimum wage paid to federal contractors illustrates an __________
A)expansion of presidential power through independent executive initiative
B)illegal use of informal presidential powers
C) informal mechanism to increase presidential power over the economy
D)enhancement of presidential power at the expense of the judiciary
A
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A) West Germany B) East Germany C) Russia D) the United States
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. It pits an Alawite minority against a Shia majority. b. It pits Syrian Kurds against a Sunni majority. c. It pits an Alawite minority against a Sunni majority. d. It pits a Sunni minority against an Alawite majority.
What was Mayor Richard J. Daley's strategy for getting the city of Chicago to run efficiently?
a. Appointing top-quality bureaucrats to run city agencies and to make sure services were delivered. b. Requesting and receiving millions in federal funds to build the city's infrastructure. c. Giving patronage jobs to relatives of members of the press, so that they would not write about city problems. d. Overspending the city budget every year, and leaving his successor with a huge amount of debt.