Which of the following acts was responsible for the creation of the civil service system?
a. the Pendleton Act
b. the Hatch Act
c. the Privacy Act
d. the Sunshine Act
e. the McCain Act
a
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Why have minority groups such as Hispanics and African Americans criticized the current primary system in Texas?
a. They argue that the county apparatus that manages the primary favors Caucasians. b. They believe that primary results can be easily distorted as they are not regulated by the government. c. They argue that the absolute majority requirement discriminates against their candidates. d. They believe that votes for their candidates are often contested and dismissed by party officials.
If the Social Democrats receive only five percent of the vote, they would be most successful under which of the following systems?
A) Proportional representation B) Single-member districts C) Multi-member districts D) Mixed-member
Which statement best characterizes the relationship between presidents and the bureaucracy?
A)Presidents can have a large influence on the politics of bureaucratic restructuring, but only as long as it occurs during a period of unified government. B)Presidents can only reorganize the federal bureaucracy at the senior level and have little influence on the overall political orientation of the bureaucracy. C)Presidents are not required to accept the existing bureaucracy as a given and thus can actively participate in the politics of bureaucratic restructuring. D)Presidents have no authority to make changes to the existing bureaucratic structure unless they have been specifically delegated the power to do so by the legislative branch.
What did Andrew Jackson think of patronage appointments?
a. He believed they were unnecessary. b. He believed they should only be given to military veterans. c. He believed they should only be used on the state level. d. He believed they improve efficiency and democratic accountability. e. He hated them.