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Test #4 Flashcards

1
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Which program was designed to give the most people access to affordable healthcare coverage?

A

Obamacare

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2
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In which decade did we see a huge shift in the federal government taking a role in domestic policy?

A

1930s

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3
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Which programs were part of FDR’s New Deal?

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Social security and aid to dependent children

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4
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Is Social Security means-tested (how much you get is based on how much money u have)

A

No

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5
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One way the federal government gets involved at the state level in education is…?

A

Providing funds for charter schools

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6
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To control inflation and unemployment, what would John Maynard Keynes tell you to do?

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Cut taxes and have the government spend money

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7
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Controlling inflation and limiting unemployment is under the preview of?

A

The Federal Reserve

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8
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Which policy option allows the government to stimulate or slow down economic growth to try to maintain stability?

A

Fiscal

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9
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Increasing the discount rate (the interest rate it charges to commercial banks) allows the Federal Reserve to do what?

A

slow the rate of economic growth

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10
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To free up money for more loans and lower interest rates. what can the Federal Reserve do?

A

Reduce reserve requirements

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11
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Which pair was the government’s fiscal policy response to the Financial Crisis of 2008?

A

Tax cuts and spending increases

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12
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No Child Left Behind was supposed to

A

Set standard and goals for improving education in every state

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13
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Which president started the war in Iraq?

A

W Bush

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14
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Which president ended the war in Iraq?

A

Obama

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15
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Who has the job of being the main advisor to the president about foreign and defense policies?

A

The National Security Advisor

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16
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Which IO was formed to provide peacetime collective security for the US, Canada, and W. Europe?

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NATO

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17
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How did W Bush and his administration trick us into supporting a war in Iraq?

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He said they have WMDs and were a threat to our security

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18
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Which countries are we worried about because they have grown so much and are more influential?

A

Russia and China

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19
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If you are worried that defense industries have too much influence, they are worried about what?

A

the military-industrial complex

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20
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Which one is the term for when a country doesn’t want to get involved in wars in other countries?

A

Isolationism

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21
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What major influence does Congress have over foreign policy?

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they control the purse, aka appropriations

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22
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Which is the kind of trade policy where a government supports its strongest or key industries?

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strategic trade policy

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23
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What has Russia done to try to reassert its great power status through economic means?

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tried to form a Eurasian Economic Community

24
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This cabinet department deals with military policy and would be where the president would turn if we have an issue with a county who has or is attempting to procure nuclear weapons or materials

A

Department of Defense

25
Q

Health insurance for grandma and grandpa from the federal government

A

Medicare

26
Q

Congress has the power to ____ treaties with other nations

A

Ratify

27
Q

The number of these went up from 2008-2020 which means the government paid out more in Medicare over this time than ever before

A

Older People

28
Q

Some countries like Poland and Hungary are dealing with _____, or facist-adjacent parties in power

A

Nationalist

29
Q

An international organization created after WWII, based on collective security

A

United Nations (UN)

30
Q

These levels of government spend the largest portion of their budgets on K-12 education

A

State and local

31
Q

In this war, the US was trying to prevent the spread of Communism

A

Vietnam (US lost)

32
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Programs that come from the federal government and provide benefits to those who contributed during their working years

A

Entitlements

33
Q

Terrorists target ordinary ___, not the military

A

Citizens

34
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A fancy french word that has become synonymous with the government being “hands off” when it comes to managing the economy

A

Laissez-faire

35
Q

The proper name for these in-kind benefits is the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. This program helps more Americans than any other

A

Foodstamps

36
Q

A foreign policy to try to prevent the spread of Communism

A

Containment

37
Q

President Washington chose this policy response when dealing with conflicts between two other foreign countries

A

Neutrality

38
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The director of _______ _______ is the head of the entire US intelligence community

A

National intelligence

39
Q

This is the abbreviation for the total market value of all goods and services produced in a country during a year

A

GDP

40
Q

The UN _______ _______ has five permanent members: the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China

A

Security council

41
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A monetary policy tool the Federal Reserve has, which affects interest rates of any money borrowed by anyone in the US

A

Discount rate

42
Q

When the federal government spends more money than it takes in in taxpayer dollars, it is in a budget ____

A

Deficit

43
Q

The opposite of free trade, or trading with no tariffs, is _________

A

Protectionism

44
Q

The ________ _________ council is where the president would go for advice on a response during a crisis like 9/11

A

National security

45
Q

Bernie Sanders wanted to do this to fix lack of access to affordable healthcare in this country.

A

Medicare for all

46
Q

Money you can get from the government if you lose your job. It’s non-means-tested because it is not based on how much money you have.

A

Unemployment

47
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Schools that get taxpayer dollars cannot discriminate or unequally fund any programs for boys and girls.

A

Title IX

48
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The President responsible for the creation of welfare state programs like social security

A

FDR

49
Q

This cabinet primarily deals with diplomatic affairs and negotiations.

A

Department of State

50
Q

Containment

A

Opposing Soviet expansion and commie revolutions around the world with military force

51
Q

Deterrence

A

A military strategy of employing an enormous military force, including nuclear weapons, to prevent the escalation of armed conflicts (Cold war)

52
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Foreign Policy

A

How one state builds relationships with other states to protect its national interests

53
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Defense policy

A

Strategies a state uses to protect itself from its enemies

54
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Monetary policy

A

Manipulate the growth of the entire economy by controlling the availability of money to banks.

55
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Fiscal policy

A

Government’s taxing and spending powers

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