Which of the following was NOT true regarding the period 1866–1900?
a. The national government’s authority to regulate the economy was greater than in 1850–1861.
b. Government involvement in the private economy became more extensive than merely regulating the flow of interstate commerce.
c. Theodore Roosevelt expanded presidential prerogatives.
d. The executive budget was created.
ANS: D
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a. Massachusetts b. Delaware c. New Jersey d. Virginia
What is the estimated rate at which cohort replacement occurs among the electorate?
a. Twenty percent of the electorate is replaced every 20 years. b. Twenty percent of the electorate is replaced every 50 years. c. Fifty percent of the electorate is replaced every 20 years. d. Fifty percent of the electorate is replaced every 50 years.
In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls argues that by imagining internal arrangements through the “veil of ignorance,” we conclude that:
a. Society should allow only those inequalities that will preserve or further the common good of society. b. Society should perpetuate our own personal economic well-being, even if others do not share in it. c. Most people would take a chance on being stuck in the lower reaches of a relatively in-egalitarian society. d. If we do not want to live in inner-city areas without adequate health care and other amenities, we should pick up and move elsewhere.