Which of the following was a consequence of the spoils, or patronage, system?
a. The federal bureaucracy was staffed with people who lacked expertise.
b. Only wealthy people could get jobs in the federal bureaucracy.
c. Less government corruption occurred.
d. Voter turnout in presidential elections decreased.
a
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Based on what you have learned in Chapter 2, what kind of
constitution would probably work best for a big country that had areas of dense and sparse population and several regionally based ethnic groups? a. unitary state structure with unitary legislature b. federal state structure with unitary legislature c. unitary state structure with bicameral legislature d. federal state structure with bicameral legislature
A way to ensure that public services are not redistributive is to:
A. limit the government to providing services which benefit middle and upper classes. B. limit the government to providing services which benefit the lower and working classes. C. minimize the role of government and provide fewer services. D. A and C, but not B.
In a multivariate cross-tabulation, we control for a third variable by ________.
a. Selection b. Variance c. Grouping d. Means
If a researcher wishes to categorize participants on the variables of sex and psychiatric diagnosis, he or she would arrange the data in a matrix called
A) A graph. B) A cross-tabulation. C) A frequency distribution. D) A cross-linear matrix.