The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans received the biggest of the Bush administration's 2001 tax cuts. This fact provides the best support for which of these claims?
a. Elites are unaccountable to the population as a whole.
b. The federal government has grown too large and powerful.
c. Political power tends to benefit those with money and connections.
d. Economic growth requires reducing tax burdens on wealth creators.
c
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Although the burgeoning New York City payroll led to overall increases in employment, ______________.
A. increases in black employment were mainly concentrated in the fields of sanitation, hospital work, and public service B. Korean immigrants did not benefit from these increases due to the high rate of entrepreneurship in Korean communities C. both high and low quality resumes received the same amount of callbacks regardless of the name D. high quality resumes received some callbacks for both white- and black-sounding names, but low quality resumes received almost no callbacks overall
"Incorporation" means that the _____ limits state government powers
a. supremacy of the laws clause b. "necessary and proper" clause c. "full faith and credit" clause d. preamble e. Bill of Rights
The literacy tests that were used in the southern states after 1870 worked primarily against
A) uneducated white men. B) women. C) uneducated women. D) lower class. E) blacks.
What is the U.S. federal court of last resort?
A. The U.S. Supremacy Court B The U.S. District Court C. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals D. The Federal Court of Appeals E. The U.S. Supreme Court