Which of the following would highlight a critical downside of a federal system?
a. the national legislature dominated by a single political party
b. a component state unable to raise sufficient funds to provide certain government services at the local level
c. the inability of component states to have any autonomy
d. local officials unable to make basic decisions without the express consent of the central government
b
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Which group is concerned with the fact that the United States accounts for about 4% of the World's population yet consumes about a fourth of manufactured goods?
A) Feminists B) Libertarians C) Environmentalists D) Conservatives
Power is the ability of A to get B to do something that B otherwise would not do
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The following terms are all examples of validity: external, internal, construct, and convergent
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When Madison proposed independent executive and judicial branches that could contain efforts by the states to subvert national policy, which of the following was he establishing?
a. habeas corpus b. federalism c. states’ rights d. checks and balances