Why was the General Services Administration created as an independent agency?
a. to help administer the patronage system
b. to organize the draft for military service
c. to take care of hiring employees for other agencies
d. to take care of the construction and operation of public buildings
Ans: d. to take care of the construction and operation of public buildings
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a. reverse many of the liberal changes implemented under former president Ahmadinejad. b. take a hard line on Israel saying that it should be wiped off the face of the earth. c. reduce poverty and promote social justice. d. stand up to the United States on the issue of Iran's nuclear program. e. strengthen the rule of law and fix the economy.
A unilateral method of protecting domestic producers from __________ by imposing a limit on the maximum volume of allowable imports is known as a quota
A) tariffs B) foreign competition C) subsidies D) predatory loans
A political system operates for which of the following purposes?
A) to describe the response of the rest of society to the decisions made by authorities B) to make for society the binding, authoritative decisions about who gets what C) to indicate what people and groups want from the system D) to provide the attitudes and actions at all levels that allow the system to continue to work E) major entertainment activity
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold Act in McConnell v. the Federal Election Commission. What portion of the act did the Supreme Court then invalidate in its 2007 ruling in Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.?
A. ban on issue-based ads within the 30- and 60-day election window B. restriction on public funding of political candidates C. limitations on advertisements and donations from corporations and labor unions D. ban on independent expenditures E. ban on limits to overall campaign expenditures