Which of the following is a linkage institution that a citizen might employ to get an issue on the policy agenda?
A. An interest group
B. E-mail
C. Public education
D. the Internal Revenue Service
E. The military
Answer: A. An interest group
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A. fell considerably during the 1960s. B. rose in the early 1980s. C. tends to go up in recessions and decline in boom times. D. all of the above
Until Woodrow Wilson, the State of the Union
A) was always delivered in person, at the White House. B) was rarely delivered in person. C) was delivered in June. D) was considered to be a chance for the president to lay out his agenda. E) was delivered three to four times every year.
The National Performance Review, led by Vice President Al Gore, argued that the problem with bureaucracy was all of the following EXCEPT that
A) bureaucracy had become too centralized. B) bureaucracy was too rule-bound. C) bureaucracy was too unconcerned with making programs work. D) bureaucracy was too concerned with avoiding scandal. E) bureaucracy had become too decentralized.
McCulloch v. Maryland
a. ruled in favor of state-centered federalism. b. ruled that slavery was unconstitutional. c. established that the necessary and proper clause gave the national government certain ‘implied' powers. d. established the right of the Supreme Court to judge constitutional issues. e. rejected the "necessary and proper" clause.