The president’s cabinet is composed of the ______.
a. president’s party leadership
b. chairs of the congressional standing committees
c. appointees heading each of the major departments in the executive branch
d. Joint Chiefs of Staff and state-level policy advisers
c. appointees heading each of the major departments in the executive branch
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Which of the following led President Abraham Lincoln to describe the author as "the little woman who started the big war"?
a. Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Seneca Falls Convention c. Lucretia Mott's The World Anti-Slavery Society d. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Among the following, the national security advisor who transformed the operation of the office perhaps more than any other was
a. Walt Rostow. b. Zbigniew Brzezinski. c. Henry Kissinger. d. Brent Scowcroft. e. Condoleezza Rice.
What incentive might keep a state from breaking a promise?
a. In single play, keeping a promise can lead to the best outcome for the player. b. In single play, a broken promise can badly damage a state's reputation. c. In iterated play, a broken promise can badly damage a state's reputation. d. In iterated play, keeping a promise can lead to the best outcome for the player.
How are housing starts, or new construction, used to gauge the national economy?
A) Construction of apartments instead of single family homes indicates less money available in the economy.
B) Declines in housing starts are often one of the first signs of an approaching economic downturn.
C) Building supplies are the most profitable industry in the nation.
D) Decreases in demand for single-dwelling homes usually indicate a higher demand for condominiums and other multiunit construction.
E) Decreases in the average price of new homes indicate a strong economy.