What is the measurement of the public’s evaluation of the economy determined by using a public opinion poll that gauges feelings about personal income and financial security?
a. census
b. consumer willingness pricing
c. consumer confidence index
d. the NASDAQ
e. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
ANS: C
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a. the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act b. the Social Security Act c. the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act d. the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The U.S. dollar has historically served as the major international reserve currency. This means that
a. the United States lends other countries large sums of money. b. most international economic transactions take place in U.S. dollars. c. other countries and investors keep their savings in U.S. dollars. d. dollars are accepted in more countries worldwide. e. the United States controls major international economic institutions like the IMF and World Bank.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress cannot require local police to conduct background checks on all gun purchasers
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When Justice Scalia died in 2016, what was the initial response by high-ranking Republican senators that would be involved in the confirmation process of a new justice?
A. to proclaim that Senate Republicans would filibuster any Obama nominee that year B. to call on President Obama to nominate a justice that would be acceptable to both parties C. to proclaim that the Senate would either not confirm or not give a hearing to any Obama nominee that year D. to make a vague promise that they would give any Obama nominee a fair confirmation hearing E. to lament that the next justice confirmed to the Supreme Court would not be as conservative as the one who had just passed