You are participating in politics when you
a. sign a petition.
b. donate money to a cause.
c. attend a demonstration.
d. Both a and b
e. Answers a, band c
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Known by some as the American Machiavelli, ____________ argued that presidents must above all else have the political skills to "persuade" the "Washington establishment" and the American public to act on their agenda
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt b. Richard Nixon c. Barack Obama d. Richard Neustadt e. Thomas Jefferson
The ideas of a bicameral and unicameral legislature relate to which point of contention that the Constitutional Convention addressed?
a. The Bill of Rights b. Federal supremacy c. Representation d. Individual liberty
While many point to slavery as the reason the Civil War was fought, many others believe it was really a battle over which of the following?
A. Property rights and excessive taxation B. National government supremacy versus the rights of the states C. Whether to align with England or France D. Instilling term limits at all levels of government E. Expanding U.S. borders and the resulting immigration
Which response best reflects the dilemma of "pork" in legislation?
a. Programmatic requests are beneficial to taxpayers but detrimental to reelection. b. Programmatic requests favor federal employees at the expense of state employees. c. Programmatic requests favor one district at the expense of American taxpayers generally. d. Programmatic requests are always wasteful expenditures but are useful to politicians.