The Framers listed the powers of the legislature in the Constitution because they were afraid that the legislative branch would
A) ?stop being responsive to the people.
B) ?become too powerful.
C) ?become beholden to special interests.
D) be manipulated by the other two branches. ?
E) ?create unconstitutional laws.
B
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The essence of supply-side economics is that
A) government spending should be used to "prime the pump" and aid economic recovery. B) industry should be centrally coordinated to ensure a steady supply of necessary goods. C) taxes should be cut to stimulate investment, and government regulation of business should be decreased. D) government should tax heavily and redistribute the money in an equitable fashion. E) business should be forced by government to allow inventories of goods to grow, thereby reducing costs.
In 1976 Congress also passed _____________________ to the 1974 Trade Act, denying Soviet-bloc countries preferential trade status and investment guarantees if they prevented their citizens from emigrating.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which Supreme Court case expanded federal power to regulate interstate commerce?
a. Marbury v. Madison (1803) b. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) c. Shelby County v. Holder (2013) d. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
For the party system in the United States, Downs's theory argues that that parties will maintain a wide ideological distance
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.