What piece of legislation aimed to ease the financial hardship of the Great Recession by providing for $575 billion in increased expenditures and $212 billion in tax cuts and rebates?
a. the Fiscal Cliff Act
b. the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
c. the Economic Stimulus Act
d. the Balanced Budget Certification Act
b
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Which of the following would be considered command power?
a. State A using threats or rewards to make sure State B acts against its own preferences. b. State A invoking a previous alliance with State B to deter State C c. State A appealing directly to the military of State B to promote a coup d. State A using international institutions to help shape the preferences of State B
The outcome of containment was hoped to be ________
a. a temporary halt on the spread of communism b. the prevention of communism from spreading to China c. the ultimate break-up or gradual mellowing of Soviet power d. the prevention of communism spreading into North America, South America, and the Caribbean e. the prevention of communism spreading to Europe only
Imperial overstretch is a theory that says powerful nations tend to expand and become more powerful
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A situation where a government runs out of cash and is unable to make minimum payments on its debt is known as a(n)
A) hyperinflated economy. B) liquidity crisis. C) resource curse. D) strategic default. E) trade war.