One of the major goals of the new federalism was to:
A) administer specific policies and programs at all levels of government-national, state, and local.
B) increase cooperation between the federal and the state governments to solve various national issues.
C) return to the states certain powers that had been exercised by the national government since the 1930s.
D) enable businesses to move to jurisdictions that offered a competitive advantage.
E) grant state governments the power to counter national policies that did not serve their best interests.
C
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A) To interpret the Texas Constitution B) To redraw district lines C) To appoint members of the cabinet D) To serve as chief budget officer E) To declare mistrials
Two of the world's most powerful nations did not agree on some major political issues. As war seemed imminent, these nations started gathering allies. Waldenberg, another country, decided not to get involved in the conflict between the two countries and their allies. Waldenberg followed the foreign policy of _____
A) interventionism B) containment C) isolationism D) political realism E) colonialism
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.Campaign money has always been strictly regulated in American politics because the Framers wanted to guarantee political equality. 2.Proponents of the original Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 hoped to rein in the cost of campaigns, and the flow of campaign money has started lagging behind the pace of inflation. 3.The Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission imposed significant limitations on independent spending. 4.Typically, half of Senate incumbents and 70–80% of House incumbents win by default because their opponents spend too little money to make a race of it.
In 1975, the Soviet Union and the United States signed the _________________, which included provisions for respecting human rights.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).