Why does the United States have a two-party system?
a. The Framers wanted competition between political parties.
b. The Framers wanted to avoid the mistakes of Europe.
c. It was a compromise between a unitary system's efficiency and a multi-party system's diversity.
d. It developed in the struggle between slave owners and abolitionists.
e. It developed in the struggle between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
e
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A. the general fund B. public education C. children's health insurance D. correctional services
Supporters of the capability approach argue that it is not
too idealistic because: a. a number of countries have succeeded in raising their citizens' capabilities in recent decades. b. many countries can do much better than they currently do. c. capabilities differ dramatically among countries with very similar levels of income, suggesting that income is not an overwhelming obstacle. d. capabilities differ dramatically among countries in the same region of the world.
Which of the following statements about spending by efforts of interest groups to influence government is accurate?
A. The amount of money spent on campaign contributions dwarfs all other types of spending by interest groups. B. Despite public concerns about campaign contributions, the amount of money donated to candidates has decreased. C. Interest groups spend billions more every cycle on lobbying than they do on campaign contributions. D. Most of the attention is focused on campaign contributions, but interest groups spend considerably more on research and television advertising.
Paul Pillar states that, in the period leading up to the Iraq War, the Bush administration
a. “cherry picked” intelligence to justify a decision that was already made. b. was seriously misled by the U.S. intelligence community. c. relied too much on British intelligence, which was deliberately misleading policymakers. d. followed proper procedures in linking U.S. intelligence to its decision to go to war.