In 2006 and again in 2008, voters seemed to punish __________ by voting against candidates from his party
a. Bill Clinton
b. George H. W. Bush
c. Barack Obama
d. George W. Bush
d
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Which of the following statements is true of the land grants issued in the 1800s in Texas?
a. Stephen Austin was the only land agent permitted to give out land grants. b. The prospective landowner had to become a Catholic to occupy the land. c. Improvements had to be made to the land within one year mandatorily. d. The land grants were issued with the permission of the Mexican government.
Why is privatization risky? a. It can lower the cost of the service but lead to higher taxes
b. It can result in the public losing the ability to have a voice in decisions affecting it, as well as the transparency it had under the government. c. It can improve effectiveness, but lower quality. d. It can require more oversight, stressing an already overburdened system.
Usually, state constitutions allow states to use gasoline tax revenue for general expenditures
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following statements about HIV/AIDS in South Africa is NOT true?
a. Over 10 percent of the South African population is HIV-positive. b. Over 4 million South Africans have already died of HIV/AIDS. c. One of the first acts of the Mandela government was to initiate a public awareness campaign to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS and how to prevent its spread. d. Government efforts to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic were severely hindered during the Mbeki government chiefly because the president adopted the position that there was no link between HIV and AIDS. e. In 2002, the Constitutional Court ruled that the government had to provide antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS patients, thus overruling a government policy to stop such treatment.