What is a spoils system? Name the Act that restricted it
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends is known as the spoils system. State and local governments enacted "little Hatch Acts" that enforced merit principles and restricted the political activities of their employees.
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If a correlational test involves data that are dichotomous, that is, if the data for a variable can take on only one of two variables, the test involves
a. a correlational measure. b. a test of association. c. ordinal variables. d. independent variables.
Which of the following statements about Miranda v. Arizona is correct?
a. It declared segregation by race unconstitutional. b. It granted women the same voting rights as men. c. It declared the recitation of the Pledge of the Union unconstitutional. d. It required that citizens be informed of their rights when being placed under arrest. e. It declared that a woman's reproductive rights were included in the conception of the right to privacy.
The state spends most of its annual budget on ______.
A. education and health and human services B. prisons and general government C. business, transportation, and housing D. interest on the debt
Which of the following is an enumerated power of the national government?
a. criminal law b. contract law c. marriage and divorce d. control over money supply