Which of these statements best describes the possible effect of efforts by the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates?
a. They can lead to lower capital gains tax rates.
b. They can lead to higher unemployment in years of budget deficits.
c. They can spur economic growth by increasing the cost of money for business.
d. They can spur economic growth by increasing the available money supply.
d
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Which of the following was created primarily to promote regional security?
a. NAFTA b. the United Nations c. the League of Nations d. the Warsaw Pact
Your decision to organize a protest of a planned increase in the interest rates on federal student loans is an example of a high level of __________
a. social effort b. political efficacy c. political facilitation - d. social efficacy
The presidential election takes place __________
a. in November of an odd-numbered year– b. on the first Tuesday of November c. always in the second week of November d. on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
In the context of the issues regarding slavery, which of the following statements is true about the settlement that was reached at the Constitutional Convention?
A. The South won fifty years of unrestricted slave trade by agreeing to its prohibition thereafter. B. Slaves were not considered as part of a state's population. C. Slaves who had fled to the northern states had to be returned to their owners. D. Domestic slave trading was banned immediately after the Convention. E. Slaves who had escaped to England were considered free.