The decline in public support for progressive policies such as welfare and extended health care can be linked to
A) ?declining political trust.
B) ?declining political socialization.
C) ?increasing party identification.
D) ?increasing unemployment rates.
E) ?increasing voter turnout.
A
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According to the text, why has policy implementation had a low priority in most recent presidential administrations? a. Past presidents who have participated in policy implementation have often taken the blame for failed policies
b. The public doesn't see policy implementation as an important governmental activity and recent presidents have strived for public approval. c. Presidents know they will receive little credit if policies are managed well because it is very difficult to attribute effective implementation to them personally. d. It has fallen to the backburner with more pressing issues like national security and the economy taking priority.
Holders of political office in the United States today are usually
A. representative of the general public. B. evenly divided between men and women. C. white and male. D. younger than the candidates elected in the 1800s. E. Roman Catholics.
In Federalist No. 84 Alexander Hamilton poses the question, “Why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?” He was expressing which of the following concerns?
a. That the federal government would go too far in protecting civil rights and would need to be constrained in that regard b. That the people would have too much freedom c. That the Supreme Court would overrule Congress d. A list of rights might imply that the government could restrict freedoms not expressly protected
What was the primary means by which the NAACP pursued civil rights during the first half of the twentieth century?
A. through appeals to the president B. through the courts C. through civil disobedience D. by mobilizing grass-roots activists E. by lobbying Congress