Political scientist Theda Skocpol explained America’s lack of developing a comprehensive social welfare system in comparison to that of Europe by describing the ______ as hostile to large-scale government intervention and American ______ as defending the benefits of political patronage.
a. state and local bureaucracies; political institutions
b. federal legislature; executive leadership
c. federal courts; political parties
d. political parties; state and local agencies
c. federal courts; political parties
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Which of the following best describes the men who wrote the Constitution?
a. All were educated at elite institutions. b. Each of them was experienced at government. c. All maintained a national point of view. d. All of the above are true.
The White House Staff
A) did not have direct access to the president until the Carter administration. B) was expanded in response to the request of Franklin Roosevelt. C) has always had a chief of staff to handle access to the president. D) is required by the Constitution to include members of all political parties that are represented in the Congress. E) is smaller today than it was prior to WWII.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Brandenburg v. Ohio is significant because it ______.
a. created a new standard for regulating political speech b. solved the question of what to do when violent speech is linked with violent action c. created the clear and present danger test d. declared certain kinds of symbolic speech to be unconstitutional e. created a new test to determine whether something was pornographic
The State Department’s Facebook account, which yielded more than one million “likes” during the Obama administration, is an example of ___________ diplomacy.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).