Which of the following statements about the National Security Council is incorrect?
a. Providing policy advice and coordinating the national security have been two of the three main functions of the NSC since its inception.
b. The long-term planning function of the NSC has become less important under postwar presidents with the key exception of NSC-68.
c. The NSC was created under the National Security Act (1947)
d. The NSC has gradually increased its significance over time as a decision-making council.
D
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"Police power" is
a. the power to prosecute murderers. b. the power to engage in surveillance of citizens. c. granted to the national government under Article I, Section 8. d. listed specifically in the Tenth Amendment as being reserved to the states. e. general power of the states to provide for public health and safety.
Which of the following is NOT a logical explanation for states' protectionist behavior leading up to the Great Depression?
A. States needed less foreign trade due to increased domestic production. B. States trusted each other less in the aftermath of World War I. C. States were playing a dangerous game of tit-for-tat. D. The lack of a global organization encouraged protectionist behavior. E. Increased nationalism contributed to more protectionist policies.
Fearon argues that he cannot discard or dismiss explanations for war that involve which of the following?
a. irrational choices by leaders b. domestic politics c. private information d. lack of trust
In our political system, Aristotle's ideal of direct democracy has been most closely approximated by the
A) AFL-CIO. B) U.S. House of Representatives. C) New England town meeting. D) Constitutional Convention. E) southeastern United States before the Civil War.