AP GOV MC

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The enforcement of the Clean Air Act and other antipollution legislation is administered by what regulatory body?

Environmental Protection Agency

The public assistance program designed to provide health care for poor Americans is

Medicaid

_________ is part of the Social Security system and covers 40 million American seniors with hospitalization insurance and other optional health insurance

Medicare

The _______ was formed in 1947 to coordinate American foreign and military policies and advise the president

National Security Council

Prior to the twentieth century, family welfare was considered

a private concern

When the economy experiences two consecutive quarters of negative growth, it is said to be in

a recession

The Federal Reserve System is governed by

a seven member board of governors appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate

The Climate Stewardship Act

all of the above

Which of the following is TRUE of policymaking for technological issues

all of the above

The National Labor Relations Act was passed in order to

assume workers the right to join and form unions

Why isn't unemployment among younger workers an important campaign issue?

because younger people do not participate as regularly in elections as older people

Being on the endangered species list requires that

both federal and state governments enact policies to protect the habitat of the species

The Social Security Act of 1935

brought government into the equation of the obligations of one generation to another

An example of Keynesian economic policy is

creating government jobs to cease unemployment

Supplementary Security Income (SSI) is a means tested program for

elderly, blind, or disabled people whose income is below a certain amount

The issue most stressed by democrats is

employment

Antitrust legislation is designed to

ensure competition and prevent monopolies

Taxing, spending, and borrowing decisions made by Congress and the president are known collectively as

fiscal policy

About _______ of all money for social programs goes to universally available benefit programs, including social security and welfare

five-sixths

Compared to the U.S., European countries provide their citizens with more _______ generous benefits

health care, child care, parental leave, benefits to the elderly

Food stamps and low-interest college loans are examples of

in-kind benefits and transfer payments

The rise in price for consumer goods is known as

inflation

The most common reason for losing health insurance is

losing or changing job

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was the first accord

mandating the elimination of many long-range nuclear weapons

Medicaid provides

medical and hospital aid to the poor on the basis of need through federally assisted state programs

Which of the following countries does NOT provide universal health care to its citizens

none of the above

To count the poor, the United States Bureau of the Census established the _______ which takes into account what a family would need to spend to maintain an "austere" standard of living

poverty line

Which aspect of health care costs has increased the fastest

prescription drugs

Federal taxes are

progressive

A tax in which the government takes 20 percent of the income of both the rich and poor families in taxes is a(n) ______ tax

proportional tax

The National Institutes of Health

provide funds for medical research in the United States

An example of the use of monetary policy is

requiring banks to keep more money on reserves

Legislation that forbids labor contracts from requiring workers to join unions in order to ho their jobs is known as

right-to-work laws

_______ refers to the "shares" of the national income earned by various groups

taxable income

The Superfund is paid for by

taxes on chemical products

The overthrow of governments in Iran in 1953 and Guatemala in 1954 was partially orchestrated by

the Central Intelligence Agency

Almost immediately following World War II, the United States entered into ______ with the Soviet Union

the Cold War

One of the first results of the doctrine of containment put into practice was

the Korean War

Which agency within the American intelligence community was responsible for electronic eavesdropping

the National Security Agency

To counter the NATO alliance, the Soviet Union spearheaded a regional alliance known as

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

the Iran-Contra Affair involved

the covert sale of missiles to Iran in an effort to secure the release of American hostages held by Iranian backed terrorists, and the covert funneling of money to anticommunist rebels in Nicaragua, B AND C ONLY

The percentage of Americans seeking work, but who are unable to find it is known as

the unemployment rate

Foreign policy involves

the way the U.S. government makes choices about relations with the rest of the world

Economic tools of foreign policy include

trade regulations, tariff policies, monetary policies, all of the above

Benefits given by the government directly to the individuals are known as

transfer payments


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