Explain the basic functions of government as noted in the U.S. Constitution
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The basic functions of the government are to provide for the common defense and to insure domestic tranquility by providing military protection from foreign invasion and enforcement of the law. Also, to establish Justice and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our prosterity and to promote general welfare.
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One of the major goals of the new federalism was to:
A) administer specific policies and programs at all levels of government-national, state, and local. B) increase cooperation between the federal and the state governments to solve various national issues. C) return to the states certain powers that had been exercised by the national government since the 1930s. D) enable businesses to move to jurisdictions that offered a competitive advantage. E) grant state governments the power to counter national policies that did not serve their best interests.
In a typical proportional representation election, individual voters cast their votes for
A. the individual they most prefer. B. an ethnic group or political ideology. C. more than one candidate at a time. D. a political party, not an individual.
Campaign contributions donated directly to candidates and, thus, limited by federal election laws are referred to as ______.
a. hard money b. soft money c. a slush fund d. easy cash e. Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) funds
In signing "The Road Map to Peace," what did Israel agree to do?
a. dismantle settlements of Israeli citizens in the occupied territories b. dismantle its nuclear weapons facilities c. stockpile nuclear weapons to deter Iran from launching a nuclear attack d. arrest and restrain individuals planning to conduct violent attacks in the occupied territories