Which government corporation operates a railroad service of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, maintaining 20,000 miles of track and operating 500 stations across the nation?
a. Norfolk and Southern Railroad
b. Conrail
c. Amtrak
d. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)
e. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
ANS: C
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A) A lack of access to information B) American isolationism C) The American educational system D) A lack of a direct connection with foreign policy issues
Pan-Arab nationalist movements have been popular in the past among postcolonial political leaders in the Middle East and North Africa, but they withered out because __________
a. the people under their rule did not see themselves as belonging to a greater Arab nation b. the religion of Islam was a greater unifier among their people than ethnicity ever was, making distinctions between Arabs and other Muslims all but irrelevant c. economic change and modern communications led post-colonial citizens to be less concerned with national identity and more with state effectiveness d. the existing tools of post-colonial state, including established bureaucracies, proved too powerful to ignore in carrying out the business of governing
Modern presidents deal with an opposition Congress using vetoes and threats but also by
a. declaring a state of national emergency. b. appointing a friendly Speaker of the House of Representatives and seeking allies to occupy positions of leadership in the Senate. c. pulling decisions into the White House through executive orders, centralized administration, and broad assertions of executive privilege. d. ensuring the Senate overrides any order issued by the House.
A Nation at Risk was commissioned by which president?
a. Lyndon Johnson b. Ronald Reagan c. Bill Clinton d. George Bush