Which of the following, created by the National Housing Act of 1934, was an instrumental program in the creation of the suburbs?
a. Housing and Service Loan Department
b. Federal Housing Administration
c. Federal Bank for Loans
d. Housing and Urban Development Administration
b
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Urban counties may provide traditional city services to areas not within the boundaries of cities EXCEPT _______
A. public health maintenance B. mass transit C. police and court systems D. fire protection
The rational public thesis argues that
a. people are smarter than their rulers. b. democratic publics usually prefer peace to war. c. democratic publics usually pressure their leaders into war. d. war is sometimes rational.
With regard to nuclear weapons, which of the following statements is NOT correct?
a. Both the United States and Russia have significant stockpiles of nuclear warheads over and above the 1,550 each has deployed under the START Treaty. b. The countries that now posses nuclear weapons include the United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and France, and North Korea has tested nuclear warheads. c. Thanks to the START and SORT treaties, not only has the danger of long-range strategic nuclear weapons been dramatically reduced, there have also been significant reductions in short-range tactical nuclear weapons as well as stockpiles of fissionable material. d. Even with the reductions in nuclear weapons under SORT and START, all-out nuclear war could destroy a good share of civilization as we know it.
Why have gun control policies had difficulty being adopted?
A) The majority of the public opposes them. B) The minority that opposes them is more politically active than the majority that supports them. C) The majority that opposes them is more politically active than the minority that supports them. D) Neither opponents nor proponents are politically engaged. E) They require a constitutional amendment.