Secularism in the United States historically has taken the form of

a. state neutrality toward religion
b. keeping religion out of the public sphere
c. actively supporting religious groups within civil society
d. an official state religion


a. state neutrality toward religion

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Representative democracy best describes government in which of the following?

a. ancient Greece b. eighteenth-century Europe c. the United States d. North Korea

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Hegemonic decline under the Bretton Woods system refers to

a. the sun setting on the British empire. b. the 1970s reality that the U.S. economy could no longer be the sole engine of worldwide economic growth. c. the 1930s shift away from gold as the standard currency under Truman. d. the Fall of the Roman Empire.

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Which of the following represent advantages, from the governor's perspective, of including policy initiatives in the state budget?

a. The governor can use the item veto to line out elements of the enacted provision that he or she finds objectionable. b. It is easier for the governor to work with the legislative leadership in managing the more contained budgetary process than to work within the more fragmented substantive bill legislative process. c. The governor has greater opportunity to offer and entertain compromises when a number of policy initiatives are considered in the same bill. d. All of the above

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The Administrative Procedure Act sets out the process by which federal executive agencies

a. delegate responsibility. b. receive input from the public about regulations. c. enforce regulations. d. publish the Federal Register. e. propose and issue regulations.

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