When the Constitutional Convention met in 1787, most state governors
A. weren't powerful but could serve long terms.
B. were powerful but could only serve for one year.
C. were popularly elected by the people.
D. could serve long terms and had a lot of power.
E. weren't powerful and couldn't serve long terms.
Answer: E
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One bureaucratic pathology described by the text is imperialism, meaning the tendency of agencies to
A. work at cross purposes with one another. B. spend more than is necessary to buy some product or service. C. grow, irrespective of the benefits and costs of their programs. D. generate complex and sometimes conflicting rules. E. complicate matters that are better left to commonsense solutions.
The goals of a public bureaucracy are __________
a. to make a profit b. complex, although profit is considered c. defined by elected officials d. agreed upon by most people
In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court ruled that
A) Congress could not regulate activities that occur exclusively within the jurisdiction of a single state. B) the power to regulate interstate commerce is one that is shared between the federal and state governments. C) commerce should be interpreted to encompass all commercial business dealings. D) although commerce is an exceptionally broad term, it cannot be said to include navigation and the transport of people. E) the power of states should supercede that of the national government in commerce.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The U.S. Constitution does not address the issue of slavery. 2. The Missouri Compromise settled the issue of slavery permanently in the United States. 3. President Abraham Lincoln did not endorse the idea of emancipation until the 1864 presidential campaign. 4. Freeing slaves and granting them citizenship were two separate things. 5. Smith v. Allwright ended the use of the white primary.