What did Andrew Jackson think of patronage appointments?
a. He believed they were unnecessary.
b. He believed they should only be given to military veterans.
c. He believed they should only be used on the state level.
d. He believed they improve efficiency and democratic accountability.
e. He hated them.
d
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution provides the strongest protections to the states against the expansion of federal authority. 2.President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was the first effort to expand the scope of federal authority. 3.With block grants, the federal government provides the states with funds that must be used following programmatic guidelines. 4.The states often engage in cutthroat competition by offering companies tax breaks and other benefits to relocate. 5.The Supreme Court has begun to take a more circumspect view of federal authority and tried to preserve some semblance of state independence.
If instead of Person 6 undergoing a threshold shift, it was Person 4 (threshold = 4) from ? who had an unpleasant encounter with a government official and whose threshold was lowered (to 3), what would happen in the society ??? = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10}?
A. There would be no change. B. There would be a revolutionary cascade, and all members of the society except for Person 10 (revolutionary threshold = 10) would publicly protest the opposition. C. No one in this society would protest. D. All of the people in this society would protest.
Nonfiscal policies are driven by which of the following?
a. ideological values b. economic needs c. societal norms d. ethnic diversity
According to the text, Great Britain ranks high for foreign direct investment because
a. of its relationship with the European Union. b. of strong government control of the economy. c. its geographic location makes it a gateway to the European mainland. d. its economy is more market-driven and it offers a business-friendly political climate. e. English is the language most spoken in Great Britain.