What distinguishes the U.S. Congress from most of the world's other bicameral parliaments?
a. It is a bicameral legislature in a unitary system.
b. The lower house is more powerful than the upper house.
c. The upper house is more powerful than the lower house.
d. The two chambers have equal power over the legislative process.
d
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The defeat of the League of Nations demonstrated the
a. importance of the Senate’s constitutional power to ratify treaties. b. power of the president in conducting foreign affairs. c. tendency of the legislative branch towards isolationism. d. importance of the judiciary in establishing foreign policy. e. weakness of the constitutional design of the executive branch.
To stabilize the banking system and control the supply of money, the Federal Reserve requires all banks to maintain a reserve
a. in currency in the amount of half of all bank loans. b. incash supply in each bank location. c. in currency or in deposits with a Federal Reserve bank. d. by buying bonds from the government.
One of the major issues concerning the political impact of transnational corporations is that they
a. strengthen the political independence of countries. b. are major supporters of the spread of global democracy. c. effectively erode state sovereignty. d. are eager to cooperate with international organizations on the environment.
In the case of ________________, the Supreme Court made it clear that the power of judicial review applied to state as well as federal laws
A) Plessy v. Ferguson McCulloch v. Maryland. B) Marbury v. Madison. C) Martin v. Hunter's Lessee. D) Mapp v. Ohio. E) McCulloch v. Maryland.