Which of the following is required to obtain a home rule status?
a. having a population of more than 10,000 citizens
b. adopting a charter that must be approved by the Texas legislature
c. ensuring a progressive increase in the tax collection of the city since the last 5 years
d. increasing the number of services provided by the state
Answer: B
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a. Great Lakes and Pacific Northwest b. Mountain and Midwest c. Northeast and Southwest d. South and West
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A) recipient B) plaintiff C) defendant D) counsel E) adjudicated party
Which best describes what Chinese Communist leaders learned from the turmoil in Eastern European communist countries in 1989?
a. Allowing protesters to blow off steam was much more effective than trying to crush them. b. Travel restrictions were necessary to keep people from spreading discontent after seeing the freedoms and prosperity of the West. c. Protests could bring down Communist governments and without a significant show of force the Chinese Communist Party could suffer the same fate. d. Allowing citizens to visit other countries gave them a sense of freedom and greatly diffused discontent. e. Acting on the demands made by protesters, rather than just letting them blow off steam, would help diffuse discontent and preserve Communist Party power.
President ________ appointed more women, African Americans, and Hispanics to the federal district and circuit courts than all previous presidents combined.
A) Jimmy Carter B) Lyndon Johnson C) Ronald Reagan D) Gerald Ford E) George Bush