According to the Bellicist Theory and political scientist Charles Tilly, war:

a. is necessary for state building and economic growth
b. increases the state’s ability to engage in rent-seeking activities
c. is good for absolutely nothing at all
d. is necessary to decentralize power


a. is necessary for state building and economic growth

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Republicanism most directly implies __________

a. conservative government b. democratic government c. limited government d. representative government

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a. The Emancipation Proclamation  b. The Thirteenth Amendment  c. The Fourteenth Amendment  d. The Fifteenth Amendment   

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A) ?the War on Poverty. B) ?the One for All Program. C) ?Head Start. D) ?No Child Left Behind. E) ?the Equality Initiative.

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