Why were state and local governments first formed?
a. To impose order, facilitate commerce, and encourage harmony.
b. To ensure that the rich and powerful could control what was going on around them.
c. To protect the citizens from attacks by outsiders.
d. To make sure someone was there to provide services like refuse pickup and street construction.
a
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What is the resource virtually all interest groups have to offer?
a. Significant number of votes b. Money to contribute to campaigns c. Expertise d. Personal ties to elected officials
The Labour Party's successes in the past twenty years were built in part on Tony Blair's
a. reputation as an old-time party boss. b. collaborative leadership model. c. engaging and open image, which he presented in person and on television. d. similarities to Neville Chamberlain. e. appeal to the left-wing of the Labour Party.
Laissez-faire economics emphasizes the need to accumulate gold and silver, and to conquer foreign territory to ensure state security
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The opportunity for the president to appoint members to the federal judiciary is valuable because
A) new justices help move long-term justices closer to mandatory retirement. B) a majority of presidents have been able to make more than five appointments to the bench while in office. C) rulings related to redistricting and election laws will be altered to favor the president's political party. D) the Court is able to move swiftly to begin ruling in favor of the president's ideology. E) the political views of the president will continue to be institutionalized long after they have left the White House.