Which of the following is true of federated governments?
A. They build on existing governments by assigning crucial functions to an area-wide metro government.
B. They bring locally elected officials together who devote time and resources to physical planning.
C. They enable multiple cities to share services.
D. They help multiple cities establish an expert organization to run services in all the cities.
E. They help establish units of government to provide one or more particular services for a regional area.
A
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All states have laws requiring ______ to financially support public education.
a. all taxpayers b. parents of school-age children c. wealthy citizens d. public school graduates
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a. It required hiring decisions to be based on partisan loyalty rather than merit. b. It required hiring decisions to be based on merit rather than partisan loyalty. c. It continued to allow hiring on the basis of partisan loyalty, but made firing federal employees easier. d. It continued to allow hiring on the basis of partisan loyalty, but made firing federal employees more difficult.
Income levels in Texas__________
a. are substantially higher than the national average b. are virtually identical across all racial and ethnic groups c. have become much closer to one another across geographic areas of the state in the last decade d. tend to be lower than in most other states