The "California Civil Rights Initiative" passed in 1996 eliminated racial and gender preferences and quotas in the state's affirmative action programs
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
ANSWER: FALSE
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Franklin Roosevelt's "managed currency" aimed to
a. stimulate inflation. b. reduce the price of gold. c. restore confidence in banks. d. reduce the amount of money in circulation. e. shake up the Federal Reserve Board.
The __________ model depicts a decentralized government in which the key actors are bureaucratic organizations rather than the president or a group of policymakers. Policymaking tends to be feudal, with most bureaucratic organizations relatively autonomous from the political leadership and each other. In this process, U.S. foreign policy consists of the sum of the various foreign policies
produced by the organizations comprising the foreign policy bureaucracy. a. rational actor c. organizational process b. governmental politics d. groupthink
Assume that the student newspaper at this college is doing a survey of student attitudes toward illegal drug use. Which of the following methods for obtaining a sample would be most likely to produce a representative sample?
a. The newspaper prints a questionnaire and asks students to complete the questionnaire and return it to the paper. b. Reporters stand by the door of the library interviewing students as they walk in and out. c. Students in the engineering college are asked to complete a questionnaire. d. Journalism students are required to complete the survey. e. The newspaper obtains an official list of students enrolled from the college registrar and then randomly selects a sample of students to contact either on the phone or in person.
The hunt for the Washington D.C.-area sniper in 2002 was an example of
a. an unfunded mandate. b. cooperative federalism. c. states' rights. d. national supremacy. e. None of the above