Unlike Congress, the president, and the Supreme Court, the federal bureaucracy differs in that it ______.
a. lacks the powers vested in the three branches of government
b. is more complicated and less effective
c. is not considered a part of American government
d. has a more direct impact on American lives
d. has a more direct impact on American lives
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__________ describes the phenomena that individuals do not subscribe to a random collection of beliefs but make sense of the world by acquiring and maintaining coherent systems of beliefs that are internally consistent
a. Cognitive consistency c. Cognitive miser b. Cognitive dissonance d. Mirror image
Public opinion in the United States tends to be more _____________ than political elites in areas such as religion in public schools, but more ______________ in areas such as Social Security spending.
A. ?conservative; liberal B. ?liberal; conservative C. ?secular; liberal D. ?conservative; libertarian E. ?libertarian; centrist
Franklin Roosevelt transformed the president's relationship with the public by being the first president to __________
A) give a press conference B) use the bully pulpit C)commission large-scale public opinion polls D)engage in demagoguery
What is Hezbollah?
a. a liberation organization in the West Bank b. an Islamic party in Lebanon supported by Syria and Iran c. a liberation organization in Palestine dedicated to a two-state solution d. an Islamic party in Palestine supported by Syria and Egypt