The elimination of large amounts of categorical grants and merging others into block grants during the Reagan Presidency in the 1980s was an example of
a. coercive federalism.
b. new federalism.
c. creative federalism.
d. cooperative federalism.
b
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The greatest concerns that have arisen in recent years regarding the death penalty are related to
A) ?the lethal injection method used to cause the convicted person's death. B) ?the execution of individuals that happened to be juveniles when the crime was committed. C) ?the need to create a more precise judicial process to decide death penalty cases. D) ?a desire to convert cases related to the death penalty from the state courts to the federal courts. E) ?the fact that a larger number of minorities are executed when compared to white convicts.
Which of the following is true about opinion leaders?
a. They are limited to the media elite who tell individuals how they should think. b. They pay close attention to political issues and from them the uninformed take cues. c. They are those who agree with the majority. d. They are politicians who are able to gauge public opinion without using polls.
One factor helping to break the deadlock that developed in the civil rights movement during the early 1960s was the
A. Democratic landslide of 1964. B. Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. C. centralization of power in the House and Senate. D. civil unrest that shook several northern cities. E. election of Republican presidents.
__________ is the only industrialized democracy that does not provide at least basic health care coverage for everyone
a. Canada b. France c. Great Britain d. The United States e. Italy