What was the purpose of the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)?

a. to abate criticism of the U.S. banking system
b. to bail out the nation's financial institutions
c. to decrease the Fed's control over monetary policy
d. to increase the money supply in the national marketplace


Answer: b

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following best describes the term “rule of four”?

  a. the number of justices required to accept a case  b. the number of days a state court has to comply with a writ of certiorari   c. the minimum number of Supreme Court clerks appointed to each justice  d. the four tenets of common law 

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Assigning a piece of legislation to a Congressional committee takes place in the ______ stage of the policymaking process.

a. implementation b. definition c. formulation d. legitimation

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Assume that you are a landlord in Texas wishing to remove tenants from your property. To do so, you will file a forcible entry and detainer action in a justice of the peace court

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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