When one country gains more land and incorporates that land into its sovereign territory by means of natural expansion due to volcanic eruptions laying down new land or a river’s natural change of course, is referred to as ______.
A. Conquest
B. Accretion
C. Cession
D. Absorption
Answer: D. Absorption
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A. gridlock B. bargaining C. majority leadership D. constituent support
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.
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a. an inefficient bureaucratic organization b. the unintended consequences of bad laws c. the failure of school districts and administrators to implement new policies d. the overall failure of the policy-making process with regard to public education
Which of the following was not part of President George W. Bush's "Clear Skies" legislative proposal?
a. It would place higher caps on nitrous oxides. b. It would authorize oil drilling off the coast of northern California. c. It would cap Mercury emissions for the first time. d. None of the above; they all are true.