Q41. The period of hostilities between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union was
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Q41. The period of hostilities between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union was known as
a. the Isolationist period.
b. the Containment period.
c. the Protectionist period.
d. Engagement.
e. the Cold War.
Q42. Which poverty program ended in 1997?
a. AFDC.
b. Medicaid.
c. GIP.
d. Income Assistance Program.
e. WIC.
Q43. Recently, Native American tribes have begun ambitious social and educational programs for their members largely because of
a. legalized gambling operation proceeds.
b. discovery of new, prosperous natural resources on tribal lands.
c. alternative agricultural development on reservation land.
d. better educational abilities of its average members.
e. increased trade of tribal goods.
Q44. The Social Security program is projected to bankrupt itself in the near future without reforms, largely due to
a. political refusal to increase payroll taxes.
b. a poorly performing economy.
c. poorer performance than projected on government investments in the trust fund.
d. a large expansion of benefits.
e. longer life spans and lower birth rates.
Q45. The price and amount of a good produced in a non-market economy is determined by
a. barter.
b. banks.
c. goods on hand.
d. government authorities.
e. cost of raw materials.
Q46. The Senate rejected efforts by President Wilson to bring the U.S. into the League of Nations largely because
a. the amount of money required was too high.
b. the League of Nations was controlled by anti-U.S. interests.
c. the entry of the U.S. would have been interpreted world-wide as a blatant U.S. attempt to control world foreign policy.
d. the Senate knew that the required approval of member nations would not be extended to the U.S.
e. the policy of isolationism.
Q47. The 1990 Budget Enforcement Act provided that any entitlement increase, such as adding a prescription drug benefit for the elderly on Medicare, must be combined with an equal mechanism to fund the new benefit in what is known as the
a. Equal Authorization principle.
b. reciprocity condition.
c. Enabling Act.
d. substitute funding requirement.
e. pay-as-you-go principle.
Q48. One explanation for why Keynesian economic policies do not seem to work in the real world is that
a. government lacks the political will to raise or cut taxes and expenditures as rapidly as a situation requires.
b. Keynes's theories can be used only in a socialist command economy.
c. Keynes is an outmoded theorist now rejected by both liberals and conservatives.
d. Keynes did not anticipate the complexity of twentieth-century economies.
e. the basis of the theory relies on non-market factors to work.
Q49. The largest budget deficit in U.S. history, in constant dollars, occurred during the administration of President
a. Reagan.
b. Clinton.
c. Carter.
d. Johnson.
e. George W. Bush
Q50. According to the text, the growing number of players involved in foreign policymaking includes all of the following except
a. the Department of Agriculture.
b. the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
c. the Commerce Department.
d. the Department of Energy.
e. the State Department.
Explanation / Answer
Multiple questions asked.
Q1-4 are answered below.
1.
b. the Containment period.
Q2.
a. AFDC.
Q3.
a. legalized gambling operation proceeds.
Q4.
c. poorer performance than projected on government investments in the trust fund.
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