Which statement best describes the decision in Gibbons v. Ogden of 1824?
a. The federal government has the ultimate power to regulate interstate commerce.
b. States can regulate any product that crosses state lines.
c. Congress can regulate activity that affects commerce within a state.
d. States can regulate any activity that affects commerce within a state.
a
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The assertion that wars made states is most likely to be
made by someone using: a. a Marxist explanation of state origins. b. a realist explanation of state origins. c. a modernization explanation of state origins. d. a functionalist explanation of state origins.
The trend since the 1980s toward increasing reliance on non-governmental firms to provide public services is called:
A. comparable worth. B. management by objectives. C. program termination. D. privatization.
Which statement about the Congress of the People (COPE) is INCORRECT?
a. It was established as a breakaway party of the ANC. b. It won 7 percent of the national vote in the 2009 parliamentary elections but only garnered about 2 percent of the vote in the 2011 municipal elections which calls into question its long-term viability. c. It has built a well-structured, consolidated, and tightly controlled party organization in a short period of time. d. It has sought to position itself as a centrist alternative to the ANC. e. In the 2009 elections, it won the third largest share of seats in the National Assembly.
A woman is most likely to be employed in which of the following departments?
a. the Department of Housing and Urban Development b. the Department of Defense c. the Department of Energy d. the Department of Transportation