A ______ type of agency within the federal government is intended to separate the organization from the remainder of the government because of a fear of creating a national orthodoxy in the arts or sciences, thereby stifling creativity.
A. public corporation
B. foundation
C. quasi-governmental agency
D. independent regulatory commission
B. foundation
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Which of the following statements about residential patterns in the United States is most accurate?
a. Republicans tend to be concentrated in the urban core of major cities of the Northwest. b. Democrats are evenly dispersed across the rural regions of the Midwest. c. Republicans tend to move much more often than Democrats. d. Democrats tend to cluster in the urban areas of the United States.
The founders frowned on political parties and assumed that the selection of a chief executive would be a product of rational, wise
a. electors chosen by the states. b. select voting population. c. House of Representatives. d. convention delegates. e. general population invested in government.
Which of the following systems dominated Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?
a. democracy b. communism c. feudalism d. fascism
Why were public housing programs criticized and ultimately replaced by rent subsidies?
A) They were criticized for encouraging racial segregation and creating large concentrations of poverty. B) They were criticized for leaving too many people homeless because there hadn't been enough authorized public housing. C) They were criticized for creating large concentrations of poverty in expensive suburbs. D) They were criticized for not helping people get off of public assistance. E) They were criticized for creating opportunities for graft and corruption in the distribution of construction contracts.