What is the best explanation for the drop in the number of Texans on welfare in the late 1990s?
A. there was no drop
B. the success of the welfare reforms of 1996
C. the change in the state's definition of poverty
D. the mass migration of poorer Texans to other states
E. the booming economy and the rising demand for all types of labor
E. the booming economy and the rising demand for all types of labor
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Prior restraint is the same as
a. muckraking. b. libel. c. censorship. d. the equal time rule. e. slander.
Which best describes John Locke's view of the precontract state?
a. The state of nature is largely cooperative and guided by natural laws. b. The state of nature is a peaceful place until people are corrupted by the introduction of private property. c. The state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. d. The state of nature is filled with violence and chaos. e. None of the above
When Congress passed laws (in 1798 ) to punish newspaper editors who published stories critical of the federal government, these two political leaders suggested in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions that the states had the right to nullify a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violated the Constitution
A) ?James Madison and Thomas Jefferson B) ?John Adams and Alexander Hamilton C) ?John Dickinson and George Clinton D) ?Samuel Adams and John Hancock E) ?John Jay and John Marshall
Dollar convertibility refers to
a. the ability to exchange dollars for any other currency. b. the ability to convert dollars to commodities such as exported goods. c. the ability of the World Bank to devalue the dollar. d. the pricing of a barrel of oil in U.S. dollars. e. the U.S. commitment to exchange gold for dollars.