Which best describes federalism?
a. An institutional arrangement where power is concentrated in the central government
b. An government in which authority is completely concentrated in the states
c. A constitution-based institutional arrangement that creates two autonomous levels of government
d. The process or devolution, or gradual decentralization, that leads to regional governments
c. A constitution-based institutional arrangement that creates two autonomous levels of government
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The economic cycles of boom and bust have been constant, but the U.S. government did not try to prevent these cycles until what decade?
a. 1820s b. 1860s c. 1910s d. 1930s
Logical positivists advocated ________________ as an important scientific method
a. induction b. deduction c. hypothesis testing d. naturalism
A U.S. district court would be LEAST likely to preside over a case involving
A. labor relations. B. shoplifting. C. antitrust violations. D. civil rights. E. truth-in-lending violations.
In part, the incorporation decisions handed down by the Supreme Court since 1925 have done which of the following?
A. severely limited the ability of individuals to seek redress in federal court for violations of their constitutional rights B. caused a dramatic decrease in the docket of the Supreme Court C. forced the states to amend their own constitutions to be more like the U.S. Constitution D. offered new opportunities for litigation and have generated dramatic growth in civil liberties cases