Which president successfully championed the creation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a much broadened regulatory role for the federal government in reducing environmental pollution?
a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Richard Nixon
c. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d. George W. Bush
b
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Why was Czechoslvakian leader Václav Havel repeatedly jailed?
a. For his work as a dissident and human rights activist b. For writing a novel that attacked his country's president c. For resisting the military draft d. For defacing government property e. For going on a hunger strike
Which of the following serves to soften the impact of television on the voters and to mitigate the influence of a few advertising executive who are trying to manipulate them?
A) party identification B) the voters' personal economic circumstances C) the nightly network newscasts D) a and b E) none of the above
When the relationship between a state agency and an interest group becomes very close, it is referred to as
A. the "Iron Triangle." B. "strange bedfellows." C. capture. D. entrapment.
Which was not included in the Articles of Confederation?
A. Each state's retention of its independence and sovereignty, or ultimate authority, to govern within its territories B. A national government with a Congress empowered to make peace, coin money, appoint officers for any army, control the post office, and negotiate with Indian tribes C. The power of the national government to raise taxes D. One vote in the legislature, the Congress of the Confederation, for each state regardless of size