Federal programs, such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which pay out benefits to individuals based on specified set of eligibility criteria, are known as
A) entitlement programs.
B) political perks.
C) executive orders.
D) signing statements.
E) pork barrel politics.
A
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The Wagner Act helped to bring union membership to
a. agricultural workers during the Great Depression. b. urban areas at the turn of the century. c. military bases after World War II. d. half of all textile employees by 1919. e. one-third of nonagricultural employment by 1955.
What was the foreign policy of containment designed to prevent?
a. nuclear proliferation b. the spread of communism c. terrorism d. the Cold War
Describe the stages model of the policy process. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the model.
What will be an ideal response?
In 1996 the United States threatened sanctions against foreign companies that invested in Iran,
a. which convinced European countries to institute similar sanctions to coerce Iranian behavior. b. but Iran retaliated by withholding oil from the market, which caused inflation in the United States. c. but political repercussions in the United States caused financial instability and a capital flight from American markets. d. but they backed down when faced with European threats of retaliation through other linkages. e. but Iran threatened military action against its neighbors, which destabilized the region and brought a withdrawal of sanctions from the United States.