How does the poverty rate in the United States compare to other Western democracies?
a. The poverty rate in the United States is roughly the same.
b. The poverty rate in the United States is substantially higher.
c. The poverty rate for non-white Caucasians in the United States is much higher.
d. The poverty rate for single-parent families in the United States is much lower.
b
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a. collectivist b. populist c. racist d. socialist
The CIA and NASA are examples of which of the following?
a. Cabinet-level executive departments b. Independent executive agencies c. Government corporations d. Independent regulatory commissions e. Executive regulatory agencies
During the late 1880s, Azibo, an African-American southerner, was thrown out of a train for sitting in a compartment that was reserved for white people. Which of the following laws were in favor of such incidents of segregation?
A) The Nuremberg laws B) The canon laws C) The Old Covenant laws D) The Jim Crow laws E) The sodomy laws
One significant difficulty with assessing the effectiveness of government agencies is that government often allows them to set their own standards for what constitutes acceptable outcomes. One way in which this can be fixed is to
A) give initial grants offered to states where the problems are too big to motivate compliance. B) give the federal government sufficient bureaucratic manpower to analyze the data it needs to make good decisions.. C) question the constitutionality of such agencies' agendas. D) ensure evaluations are objective through evidence-based policymaking. E) ensure evaluations are subjective through a focus on the biggest problem-areas first.