Olivia is a high-ranking elected official in an oil-producing state. She is supposed to see that 90% of the profits from one set of oil wells goes into the national infrastructure fund. Instead, she channels most of the profits to people who helped elect her, by crediting their companies with money from the oil wells. This is an example of ______.
a. foreign direct investment
b. neocolonialism
c. purchasing power parity
d. patronage politics
d. patronage politics
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After early rulings by the Supreme Court increased the power of the national government, states sought a shift back to states' rights due to
A. increasing divisions between the North and the South over the slavery issue. B. conflict over congressional passage of a tariff on trade in 1828. C. concern over expanding power by the federal government in the regulation of commerce. D. conflict over the role of the national government and that of the states. E. All of these choices are true.
What was the response of President Nixon to the War Powers Act?
a. He vetoed the Act. b. He assured his full compliance with the Act. c. He subsequently launched an invasion of Cambodia. d. He sought a court challenge to the Act.
Which of the following are the most important auxiliary precautions devised by the Founders to control the government?
A. ultimate national authority and legislative dominance B. federalism and separation of powers C. political parties and campaign finance reform D. confederalism and supreme state sovereignty
The AFL-CIO is
a. a PAC. b. a scholarship foundation set up by the Teamsters. c. a special interest think tank. d. an organization of many unions. e. the nation’s largest union.