In 1937, the President’s Committee on Administrative Management, also known as the Brownlow Committee, concluded its detailed analysis of the state of the presidency with which of the following?
a. “The President needs help.”
b. “There is no need to expand the administrative capabilities of the presidency.”
c. “The President can no longer be subjected to congressional budgetary control.”
d. “There is a cancer on the presidency, that is growing.”
a. “The President needs help.”
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What led people to complain about higher taxes in the 1970s?
A) Standards of living stagnated while taxes continued to rise. B) Wages were rising faster than the tax rate. C) Budget surpluses indicated that the tax burden was too high. D) Decreased military spending should have led to an accompanying tax cut. E) The tax system was becoming too complicated for the average citizen, so the idea of a switch to a flat tax, which would lower everyone's tax rate, became popular.
Minor political parties that present an alternative to the two dominant political parties in the American political system are known as which of the following?
A. Factions B. Third party C. Alternative parties D. Right wingers E. Choice parties
Functions of political parties include __________.
A. demobilizing voters and exacerbating the separation of powers B. setting the policy agenda and lobbying C. recruiting candidates and organizing the government D. undermining accountability and dividing interests
Distinguish between President Johnson's ability to govern domestic and foreign affairs
A) Johnson was a master at generating foreign policy, but could almost never get a bill through congress. B) Johnson authored a great deal of foreign and domestic legislation, little of which actually became law. C) Johnson's foreign policy skills were quite keen, though Vietnam is seen as his greatest failure. D) Johnson successfully implemented domestic policy, but made little headway in terms of foreign affairs.