The term energiewende refers to
a. a German policy to cut back on its use of fossil fuels and to increase its use of nuclear energy.
b. the bureaucracy responsible for overseeing Germany's nuclear power plants.
c. a European Union-wide policy to switch toward sustainable energy resources that came about due to heavy lobbying by the German Green Party.
d. a German policy to switch toward sustainable energy resources.
e. traditionally powerful energy cartels in Germany.
d
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The Social Security Act induced states to enact which of the following programs through the imposition of the payroll tax on all employers?
A. Supplemental Security Income B. Unemployment Compensation C. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families D. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The international system contains both major powers like the United States and China and minor powers like Burkina Faso and Albania. This is an example of
A) diversity. B) self-help. C) sovereignty. D) stratification. E) tripolarity.
Which of the following statements about freedom of association is LEAST accurate?
A. Families are regarded as a protected form of association. B. Private organizations cannot bar members on the basis of their sexual orientation. C. Private clubs cannot ban women or minorities if doing so deprives those groups of potential business contacts. D. Associations with strong ideological views enjoy more latitude in excluding potential members than do general, nonpartisan associations. E. Associations are not legally obligated to provide government officials with lists of their members.
The biggest crisis of legitimacy of the American constitutional regime was
a. World War I. b. the Civil War. c. World War II. d. the Great Depression. e. the War of 1812.