Practice Test 2 Flashcards
List three social security programs in the US
OASDI
Medicare
Unemployment benefits
Do you live in a country with the number of legislative seats allocated to each political parties determined according to the vote percentage is one by each political party in an election what is this type of representation called?
Proportional representation
What is an unnecessary foreign policy objective of the US after the Cold War
Containment
Foreign policy often involves collaboration of different countries what our client states in relation to foreign policy
Week states that are involved in a nations foreign policy because they seek support and aid from more powerful states
What movement is simplifies the shift and responsibilities between the federal and state governments a shift that decreases power of the federal government and increases the power of the state governments
Devolution revolution
What are some war on poverty acts/programs?
Elementary and secondary education Act
Social Security amendments of 1965
Headstart
Which court principal states that the government operates only with the peoples consent and authority
Popular sovereignty
A Democratic president is trying to pass a law that will increase restrictions on greenhouse, gas emissions. He has the support of the general public and thinks that the law should pass Congress because he has talked to keep figures in the Republican Party and gain their support. However, the law fails to pass Congress what should he have done?
He should’ve made sure that he had backing of the Democratic Party because support from either side of Congress could not be taken for granted
An income bank congressman received 200 letters from people in his district where they question why he voted for a bill increased taxes he sent personal letters to them explaining his stance on the issue, as well as to 800 other people in his district without having to pay postage what is this an examples
The franking privileges
Your grandfather is telling you that he thinks there needs to be a change in the way the Republican party is approaching the electorate he is telling you about how it is done in the past when mini voter switched party alliance, which caused long-term shifts in the political process, what processes your grandfather describing
Realignment
Tina is the single parent with four children who works for minimum wage which of the following tax credits does she qualify for?
EIC (earned income credit)
The president is selected using voting representatives from each state. What are these represent called?
Electors
With what we know about the trans in US environmental policies throughout the 21st century, what administrations is most likely to acknowledge the legitimacy of the science on climate change
A president who favors regulation of major energy industries as a way to force compliance with environmental standards
The formal structure and organization of a political party is_____ then that of a fortune 500 company
Less rigid
What accurately shows the similarities and differences between the qualifications for house, representatives and states senators
Representatives citizen time = 7yrs
Representatives age limit = 25 yr old
Representatives term = 2 years
Senators citizen time = 9yrs
Senators age limit = 30yrs old
Senators term = 6 years
