Which of the following is an example of an independent agency?
a. the Social Security Administration
b. the Department of Health and Human Services
c. the Consumer Product Safety Commission
d. the U.S. Postal Service
a
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Describe the different functions of political parties in our system.
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Television was available to consumers by the mid-1930s, but when did it become widely adopted as a medium for getting news about politics and the world?
A) prior to World War I B) during the Great Depression C) during the postwar economic boom following World War II D) during the early 1970s E) during the late 1980s
A parliamentary system is different from a presidential system primarily for which of the following reasons?
a. In a parliamentary system, the executive and legislative branches are combined. b. In a presidential system, the executive branch ais superior to the legislative. c. The head of government chooses the cabinet in a presidential but not a parliamentary system. d. Both A and B
This Florentine statesman ruled Florence during the Italian Renaissance. Machiavelli sought to curry favor with his family when writing The Prince
a. John Locke b. Thomas Hobbes c. Jean-Jacques Rousseau d. Karl Marx e. Lorenzo De'Medici