The American colonies enjoyed a measure of self-government in the early 1770s through __________
a. the U.S. Senate
b. the Continental Congress
c. the British House of Lords and House of Commons
d. totalitarian rule
ANS: B
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Which of the following terms refers to the sharing of power between the federal and state governments?
a. federalism b. democracy c. confederation d. traditionalistic political culture
Which of the following is true of current health care policy in America?
a. The federal government provides health care to all citizens. b. Americans are far healthier than Europeans. c. Total health care spending in the United States is about 17 to 18percent of GDP. d. The Affordable Care Act created a single-payer health care system similar to that found in Canada.
How are Texas and most other states unlike the federal government when addressing budgetary issues?
A. States are not allowed to raise taxes to make up for budget shortfalls. B. Funding of health care programs for the poor and disabled, such as Medicaid, is exclusively a state budget issue. C. Most states operate on a pay-as-you-go basis that prohibits deficit funding. D. Most states prepare two-year budgets.
The Constitutional division of power into separate institutions, giving each institution the power to block the actions of the others, is called
A) checks and balances. B) the three-fifths compromise. C) divine right. D) necessary and proper. E) judicial review.