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

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1930s

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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)

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No

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

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Providing funds for charter schools

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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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Controlling inflation and limiting unemployment is under the preview of?

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The Federal Reserve

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

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Fiscal

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

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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?

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Reduce reserve requirements

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

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Tax cuts and spending increases

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No Child Left Behind was supposed to

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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?

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W Bush

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14
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Which president ended the war in Iraq?

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Obama

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

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The National Security Advisor

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

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Russia and China

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

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the military-industrial complex

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

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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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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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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

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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

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Department of Defense

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Health insurance for grandma and grandpa from the federal government
Medicare
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Congress has the power to ____ treaties with other nations
Ratify
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The number of these went up from 2008-2020 which means the government paid out more in Medicare over this time than ever before
Older People
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Some countries like Poland and Hungary are dealing with _____, or facist-adjacent parties in power
Nationalist
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An international organization created after WWII, based on collective security
United Nations (UN)
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These levels of government spend the largest portion of their budgets on K-12 education
State and local
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In this war, the US was trying to prevent the spread of Communism
Vietnam (US lost)
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Programs that come from the federal government and provide benefits to those who contributed during their working years
Entitlements
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Terrorists target ordinary ___, not the military
Citizens
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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
Laissez-faire
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The proper name for these in-kind benefits is the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. This program helps more Americans than any other
Foodstamps
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A foreign policy to try to prevent the spread of Communism
Containment
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President Washington chose this policy response when dealing with conflicts between two other foreign countries
Neutrality
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The director of _______ _______ is the head of the entire US intelligence community
National intelligence
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This is the abbreviation for the total market value of all goods and services produced in a country during a year
GDP
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The UN _______ _______ has five permanent members: the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China
Security council
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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
Discount rate
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When the federal government spends more money than it takes in in taxpayer dollars, it is in a budget ____
Deficit
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The opposite of free trade, or trading with no tariffs, is _________
Protectionism
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The ________ _________ council is where the president would go for advice on a response during a crisis like 9/11
National security
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Bernie Sanders wanted to do this to fix lack of access to affordable healthcare in this country.
Medicare for all
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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.
Unemployment
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Schools that get taxpayer dollars cannot discriminate or unequally fund any programs for boys and girls.
Title IX
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The President responsible for the creation of welfare state programs like social security
FDR
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This cabinet primarily deals with diplomatic affairs and negotiations.
Department of State
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Containment
Opposing Soviet expansion and commie revolutions around the world with military force
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Deterrence
A military strategy of employing an enormous military force, including nuclear weapons, to prevent the escalation of armed conflicts (Cold war)
52
Foreign Policy
How one state builds relationships with other states to protect its national interests
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Defense policy
Strategies a state uses to protect itself from its enemies
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Monetary policy
Manipulate the growth of the entire economy by controlling the availability of money to banks.
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Fiscal policy
Government’s taxing and spending powers

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