One agency supports tobacco farmers while another tries to discourage smoking. These competing goals come about for which of the following reasons?
A. because the government is so large that the other branches of government are no longer in control of the bureaucracy
B. because of divided government
C. because the two major political parties disagree on so much regarding appropriate policy
D. because government pursues overlapping and conflicting goals in response to the diverse demands Americans place on it
Answer: D
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The women's movement, which ultimately failed in this goal, was focused on the passage of which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
A. Women's Rights Amendment B. Civil Rights Amendment C. Equal Rights Amendment D. Voting Rights for Women Amendment
In which of the following ways are differential and experimental researches similar?
A) Causality can be inferred from both. B) All variables are manipulated variables. C) The same statistical procedures can be used for both. D) They are both ex post facto designs.
What does the government expect to get in return for a credible concession?
a. Counterterrorism assistance against hard-liners b. Implementation of all its demands c. Capitulation of hard-liners d. All of the above
In what year was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
a. 1776 b. 1781 c. 1786 d. 1791