Of the Treaty of Versailles, the exiled German Kaiser is said to have declared
a. "the buck stops here.".
b. "to the victor goes the spoils.".
c. "the war to end all wars has resulted in a peace to end peace.".
d. "the victors get to write the history.".
c
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The Bill of Rights is made up of the first __________ amendments to the U.S. Constitution
a. three b. five c. seven d. ten e. twelve
Congress passed the alternative minimum tax in order to
a. impose a tax on needy families without taxing their actual income. b. keep individuals from exploiting deductions and credits to cut their income tax below what is appropriate for their income. c. prevent large corporations from offshoring to reduce their taxes. d. reduce the tax burden on low income families. e. reduce the tax burden on the wealthy.
In 1932, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis coined a metaphor that is still used frequently by describing creative federalism as encouraging “laboratories of democracy.” What is meant by this concept?
a. States can be used to test new policies and the states also absorb the accountability if the efforts fail, thereby protecting the federal government’s integrity. b. States can try social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country, and if they are successful, other states can duplicate their efforts. c. The federal government can use states as laboratories for trying new policies. d. States are obligated to test the federal government’s policies since they are most accountable to the citizens. e. As “laboratories,” one state could have a democracy while other states experimented with other forms of government.
Emerging problems in the size of Social Security and Medicare expenditures
A) reflect longer life spans declining population in the U.S. B) reflect the "baby boom" in birth rates and its retirement C) reflect generous expansion of benefit rates and programs over time D) all of the above