National grants serve four purposes, the most important of which is to ________
A. supply state and local governments with revenue
B. establish minimum national standards for such things as highways and clean air
C. equalize national resources among the states
D. attack national problems but minimize the growth of national agencies
E. spend national taxes through grants in states where the poor live
D
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Which of the following approaches is NOT one of the four general influence strategies used by interest groups?
a. Access-to-power c. Coalition-building b. Bureaucratic insider d. Grassroots mobilization
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court explicitly overturn the precedent set in Plessy v. Ferguson?
a. Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canada b. Sweatt v. Painter c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka d. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education e. Shelly v. Kraemer
In the past twenty years, Americans' confidence in the press has
A) ?increased by 50 percent. B) ?decreased by 50 percent. C) ?remained the same. D) risen slightly. E) declined slightly.
The practice of damming rivers and waterways, such as in the Himalayas or along the Nile River, (will) have significant consequences for agriculture and sustainable practices well beyond the immediate vicinities of major projects. This is an example of the _____ interactions shaping the climate change discussion.
A. inside-out B. outside-in C. top-down D. bottom-up