A(n) ______ indicates a private sector that is cutting back and not hiring or is laying off workers.
a. decrease in the consumer price index
b. increase in gross domestic product
c. increase in the unemployment rate
d. decrease in the inflation rate
c. increase in the unemployment rate
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A nuclear test ban treaty, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance, and the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) are all examples of __________ politics.
A. neo-institutional B. interest-group C. entrepreneurial D. client E. majoritarian
Which of the following statements about the early women's movement (1840-1875) is LEAST accurate?
A. The immediate impetus for the women's movement was the refusal of male participants at an antislavery gathering to allow women to participate in the proceedings. B. The movement was in part an offshoot of the religious revivalism of the day. C. The movement ended in triumph with the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote. D. The movement evolved largely from women's participation in abolitionism. E. A pivotal moment in the movement was a convention held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
While politics is concerned with _____ policy, many of its actions have _____ consequences
a. public; private b. private; public c. private; inclusive d. exclusive; public e. exclusive; inclusive
Of the five original nuclear weapons states, which is the only one that has not indicated it has ceased producing fissile material for nuclear weapons?
a. Russia b. The United States c. China d. Great Britain